Airbus to acquire Belfast factory in long-awaited Spirit Aero deal

Airbus will receive a payment of $439m (€386.4m) from Spirit to take the assets

Boeing 737 fuselages at Spirit AeroSystems factory in Wichita, Kansas.

Airbus has finalised an agreement to take some assets from Spirit AeroSystems, including a plant in Belfast that makes carbon wings for the A220.

The deal clears the way for the struggling US aerospace supplier to be acquired back by its former parent, Boeing.