Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 67

Airbus: Spirit AeroSystems

Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 22 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of the aerospace industry on guaranteeing jobs during the completion of the sale of Spirit AeroSystems’ operations to Airbu

Answer

Sarah Jones
Under terms agreed between Airbus and Spirit, Airbus will acquire the elements of Spirit’s Belfast site responsible for the A220 airliner. This includes the wing and mid-fuselage sections. The Government is working with the Northern Ireland Executive to h...
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