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Spirit AeroSystems suspends Boeing production work

28 Mar '20
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Pic: Spirit AeroSystems
Pic: Spirit AeroSystems

Spirit AeroSystems, US-based designer and builder of aerostructures, has announced that it will suspend Boeing work performed at their facilities in Wichita, Kansas, and in Tulsa and McAlester, Oklahoma. This came after Boeing's announcement to temporarily suspend production at its Washington state facilities. This suspension will last until April 8. 
 
Spirit will continue to support 787 work for Boeing's Charleston, South Carolina, facility as needed.
 
Company will continue to pay employees who are sent home during this two-week period due to the suspension of Boeing work.
 
Spirit will use the time to further deep clean and sanitise work spaces and facilities as it continues to take precautions to protect the health and safety of its team. Spirit AeroSystems focus is on a safe and orderly restart of operations.
 
When production will resume on Boeing programmes, Spirit AeroSystems will align their costs and workforce to the new level of production set by Boeing. This could potentially include additional workforce actions, the company said in a press release.
 
Operations in support of their defense customers, Airbus, aftermarket and MRO, third party fabrication work, other non-Boeing work, and other growth programmes will continue. 
 
Spirit will continue to monitor ongoing events as result of the Covid-19 pandemic and will take precautions and make adjustments to its operations as needed for the safety of their team.

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