Spirit AeroSystems adding capacity
Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems (Booth No.

Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems (Booth No. 3888) announced plans to build a 375,000-sq-ft factory to accommodate the manufacturing and testing of the Cessna Citation Columbus. The airplane assembly and component supplier signed an agreement with Cessna earlier this year to produce the Citation’s fuselage and empennage.

The new factory will provide enough capacity for the Citation model, as well as for additional programs, the supplier said. In May the company signed a contract with Airbus to design and produce a composite fuselage for the A350XWB, and in March it signed an agreement with Gulfstream to design, produce and integrate a flight-ready wing for the G650. Work on the new facility will begin immediately.

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