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Spirit AeroSystems To Add 1,400 More Wichita Workers
Spirit AeroSystems CEO Tom Gentile says rising rates on Boeing airplanes contributing to the jobs expansion in Wichita.
Spirit AeroSystems president and CEO Tom Gentile, center, on December 19 announced the supplier to Airbus and Boeing plans to hire 1,400 mostly production workers in Wichita to address gains across all its lines of business but especially commercial aircraft. (Photo: Jerry Siebenmark)
Spirit AeroSystems president and CEO Tom Gentile, center, on December 19 announced the supplier to Airbus and Boeing plans to hire 1,400 mostly production workers in Wichita to address gains across all its lines of business but especially commercial aircraft. (Photo: Jerry Siebenmark)

Airbus and Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems will hire an additional 1,400 mainly production workers at its Wichita plant to support higher rates on Boeing Commercial Airplane programs as well as defense work, the company announced today. Spirit president and CEO Tom Gentile delivered the announcement this morning at an event attended by local and state political leaders and several hundred Spirit employees.