Airbus chief: Acquisition of Spirit A350 and A220 work unexpected but necessary

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. Speaking to FlightGlobal shortly before Boeing’s 1 July confirmation that it was taking over Spirit, Faury said Airbus’s aim last year – as the two sides wrangled over costs – had been to ensure its relationship with Spirit created the …