Factbox-Boeing, Airbus carve out Spirit Aero's global plants

(Reuters) -European planemaker Airbus will take over core activities at four Spirit Aerosystems plants as arch-rival Boeing agrees to buy the world's largest standalone aerostructures company in a $4.7 billion stock deal.

The two main plants involved in the transfer are Kinston, North Carolina, where Spirit makes a crucial part of the A350 fuselage, and a plant in Northern Ireland that makes carbon wings for the A220, the company said on Monday.

Below are details of Spirit's key plants that supply to commercial and business aircraft programs:

LOCATION COMPONENT MANUFACTURED APPROXIMATE CHANGES AFTER

NUMBER OF THE DEAL

EMPLOYEES

Wichita, - Fuselage, pylon, wing 12,590 Boeing will

USA leading edges, thrust acquire the

reverser and engine Wichita

nacelle of Boeing 737 plant, while

built in Wichita, Airbus will

Kansas, where Spirit has take over

its headquarters. Area some minor

spans 150 buildings work

covering 12.7 mln sq ft. currently

carried out

- Composite forward there.

fuselage and engine

pylons for Boeing 787

Dreamliner also built in

Wichita.

- Wing fixed leading 1,110 Boeing will

Tulsa, edge and wing movable control the

USA leading edge for Boeing Tulsa plant.

787 Dreamliner built in

Tulsa, Oklahoma, and

Subang, Malaysia.

- Tulsa facility

consists of 1.7 mln

square feet of building

space set on 147 acres.

Kinston, - Central section panels 590 Airbus will

USA of Airbus A350 built in take over

Kinston, North Carolina. core

operations at

the plant,

notably the

production of

A350 fuselage

sections.

Belfast, - Design and manufacture 3,400 Airbus will

Northern of advanced composite take control

Ireland wings for Airbus A220 over core

commercial jet family. operations,

including the

- Manufacture of center A220's wings

fuselage of Bombardier and

Challenger 350 business mid-fuselage.

jet and Bombardier Spirit will

Challenger 650 business sell

jet. businesses

and

- Manufacture of forward operations

fuselage and other that do not

components for support

Bombardier Global 5500 Airbus

and 6500 business jets. programs.

- Manufacture of

composite horizontal

stabilizer for

Bombardier Global 7500

business jet.

Casablanc - Casablanca site 220 Airbus will

a, assembles emergency take charge

Morocco doors for Bombardier of the core

Challenger 350 business activities.

jet.

- Assembles floors of

Bombardier Global 5500

and 6500 business jets.

- Casablanca site is set

on 7 acres and totals

312,000 sq ft with

access to Moroccan

aeronautical hub.

- Spirit also does some

fuselage work for the

A220 at this plant and

produces some engine

nacelles or housings for

the A320.

Prestwick - Company builds wing 1,120 Plant

, leading and trailing supports

Scotland edge elements of all Airbus

Airbus A320 family of programs.

aircraft at Prestwick Spirit to

plant. sell the

businesses,

- Prestwick facility as per the

consists of 988,000 sq deal terms.

ft of building space set No details

on 93 acres. provided.

Saint-Naz - After central section 135 Airbus will

aire, panels of Airbus A350 take over

France are built in Kinston, operations at

they are incorporated the plant.

into the fuselage in

Saint-Nazaire and

transported to Airbus.

- Saint-Nazaire facility

set on 9 acres and

totals 75,000 sq ft.

Subang, - Wing fixed leading 1,000 Spirit to

Malaysia edge and wing movable sell the

leading edge for Boeing businesses

787 Dreamliner built in and

Tulsa, Oklahoma, and operations

Subang, Malaysia. that support

Airbus

- The 411,000 sq ft programs, as

Subang facility is 34% per the deal

owned by Spirit and set terms. No

on 45 leased acres. details

provided.

Source - Company website, SEC filings, press releases

(Compiled by Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru; Edited by Shounak Dasgupta and Sriraj Kalluvila)