Spirit Believes There Will Be A Reduction To Spirit's 2020 737 MAX Production Plan
The long-awaited re-emergence of the 737MAX from FAA pergatory is going to take a bit longer... so says Boeing contractor, Spirit AeroSystems. On June 4, 2020, Spirit reported that they received a letter from Boeing directing Spirit to pause additional work on four 737 MAX shipsets and avoid starting production on sixteen 737 MAX shipsets to be delivered in 2020, until otherwise directed by Boeing, in order to support Boeing's alignment of near-term delivery schedules to its customers' needs in light of COVID-19's impact on air travel and airline operations, and in order to mitigate the expenditure of potential unnecessary production costs.
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