Spirit AeroSystems has rolled out the 10,000th Boeing 737 fuselage, from its Wichita, Kansas production line. Spirit has been produci...
Spirit AeroSystems has rolled out the 10,000th Boeing 737 fuselage, from its Wichita, Kansas production line.
Spirit has been producing the 737 fuselage since 1966. Including fuselage, Spirit manufactures 70 percent of a Boeing 737.
The fuselage are shipped to Boeing's final assembly in Renton, Washington through train.
The company was formed in 2005, when Boeing sold its Wichita Division and Oklahoma operations.
Since then, the company began the transformation from a single-source supplier into an independent global supplier with multiple customers and platforms.
Besides supplying to all Boeing jetliners, Spirit also delivers aero structures of Airbus A350, Bombardier CSeries, Mitsubishi MRJ, Sikorsky CH-53K, Bell V-280 tilt rotor etc.
