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WICHITA — Spirit AeroSystems turned in strong performance in its core business last year, while it increased production rates on key programs, the company said Thursday.
Rep. Mike Pompeo said Thursday he’s still waiting to get a definitive response from the Air Force on why it excluded Hawker Beechcraft’s bid for a light air support contract worth up to nearly $1 billion.
A Wall Street Journal blog is reporting that Hawker Beechcraft Corp. has hired bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers, according to people familiar with the matter, it said.
German newspaper Hadelsblatt reported this week that Bombardier is close to sealing a substantial agreement with state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (Comac).
Circle your calendar for the last weekend in September – the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are coming back to Wichita after a two-year absence.
The chief executive at Republic Airways Holdings Inc. says he's trying to make the airline's money-losing Frontier Airlines unit more like lower-cost rivals Spirit Airlines and Allegiant Travel Co.
Steve Miller, who calls himself “The Turnaround Kid,” has spent his long career rescuing troubled companies.
Boeing has ordered inspections of 787 Dreamliners after finding signs of delamination on the fuselage of the first passenger jetliner built chiefly of carbon-fiber composites.
Driving down K-15 in southeast Wichita, it’s easy to spot the new construction at Spirit AeroSystems.
A four-year blueprint for aviation programs that hastens the transition to a new air traffic control system based on GPS technology was given final approval by the House on Friday despite last-minute objections from organized labor.
Boeing’s Dreamliner launch customer, All Nippon Airways of Japan, had to cancel two of its first 10 flights between Tokyo and Frankfurt, Germany, the new jet’s first long-haul route that opened on Jan. 21.
OKLAHOMA CITY – A Boeing spokeswoman said Thursday that it is too early to know whether the U.S. Air Force’s planned postponement of a program to upgrade the cockpits of its C-130 aircraft will reduce the number of jobs the company plans to move from California to Oklahoma City.
Bombardier Learjet is cutting 23 jobs in its service center and outsourcing the work elsewhere, and the Machinists union is crying foul.
Sen. Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo are asking the Secretary of the Air Force to study whether Boeing’s closure in Wichita will create a national security issue.
Jeff Turner, CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, was the second recipient of the Wichita Aero Club’s trophy at a gala Saturday at the Wichita Airport Hilton.
Boeing Wichita has finished an 18-month modification on the fourth and final E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post for the Air Force.
The National Institute for Aviation Research is turning to futuristic virtual reality and reverse engineering to help keep aging aircraft flying, re-creating replacement parts for old aircraft where none are available.
Recruiters who want to hire engineers and other aerospace employees have their eye on Wichita, where Boeing plans to close its facility by the end of 2013.
Cessna Aircraft’s parent company, Textron, put to rest questions of whether Cessna would resurrect a plan to build a big business jet.
Boeing reported $19.56 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011, up 18 percent from a year ago.
