Fairchild Dornier has sold a 328JET to Spanish charter company Audeli Aircompany. The 32-seat aircraft will be deployed by the Madrid-based company on corporate and charter operations for major Spanish companies. The order marks the second 328JET sale to a Spanish company in a week. Madrid-based Grupo InvestBlue is scheduled to receive its corporate-configured aircraft following Audeli later this year.
Source: Flight International
Airbus’s framework agreement with Spirit AeroSystems shows that the aircraft manufacturer might yet acquire Scottish or Malaysian operations of Spirit if a third-party buyer does not emerge. Both Sprit’s Glasgow Prestwick division and its Subang airport arm in western Kuala Lumpur supply components for Airbus programmes. Neither has been included ...
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury admits that the airframer was not expecting to be negotiating an acquisition of key aircraft programmes from beleaguered US firm Spirit AeroSystems, but insists it is necessary and that Airbus is ready to absorb them.
Boeing has confirmed it will take over US-based aerostructures firm Spirit AeroSystems in an $8.3 billion agreement, including net debt, with Airbus poised to acquire its key programmes from the company. The all-stock transaction has an equity value of $4.7 billion, with each share of Spirit stock being exchanged for ...
