Aircraft
Spirit Aero to Pause Boeing Max Fuselage Production
Boeing sent a letter to fuselage supplier Spirit Aerosystems asking it to delay production of twenty 737 Max shipsets.
Spirit planned to build 125 fuselage shipsets for the 737 Max this year under a revised contract with Boeing. (Photo: Spirit AeroSystems)
Spirit planned to build 125 fuselage shipsets for the 737 Max this year under a revised contract with Boeing. (Photo: Spirit AeroSystems)

Spirit AeroSystems said late Wednesday that it has received notice from Boeing to cease working on four 737 Max fuselage shipsets and avoid starting production on another 16 due for delivery this year in a sign that the Chicago-based airframe maker has adjusted its own near-term delivery schedules for the model. The letter from Boeing, dated June 4, cited a need to align delivery schedules to customer needs during the continuing Covid-19 crisis and to mitigate the expense associated with unnecessary production costs.