Aircraft
Spirit AeroSystems is ‘rate-ready’ from Boeing, Airbus
When Boeing ramps up production of the 737 narrowbody airliner in Renton, Washington, there are repercussions in Wichita, Kansas.
A railway line outside Wichita, Kansas, carries Boeing 737 fuselages built by Spirit AeroSystems to Renton, Washington, for final assembly.
A railway line outside Wichita, Kansas, carries Boeing 737 fuselages built by Spirit AeroSystems to Renton, Washington, for final assembly.

When Boeing ramps up production of the 737 narrowbody airliner in Renton, Washington, there are repercussions in Wichita, Kansas. There, in America’s heartland, Spirit AeroSystems—a former Boeing division and now the manufacturer’s biggest supplier—must adjust its operations accordingly to meet the rate increase.