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2,000 Belfast jobs in limbo as potential owners stay silent after ‘definitive’ deal to break up business
Possible suitors for the non-Airbus parts of Spirit AeroSystems in Belfast are remaining tight-lipped while uncertainty ...
Airbus will buy Spirit AeroSystems’ US and UK assets as it carves up the supplier with Boeing
Europe’s Airbus has finalized an agreement to take some assets from Spirit AeroSystems, both companies said Monday, ...
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Spirit Belfast jobs uncertainty an “unprecedented threat”, union warns
A union is warning of an “unprecedented threat” amid uncertainty over thousands of well paid jobs. Unite is calling on the ...
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UK union aims to pressure government over Spirit Belfast break-up
Representatives of Spirit AeroSystems workers in the UK are seeking political support over concerns for the future of the ...
Power returns to 99% of Spain after ‘unprecedented’ outage as NI holidaymaker describes ‘Blitz spirit’ in hotel
An NI man on holiday in Spain has described the country’s widespread power outage as being “like Belfast in the 70s”.
Fears for 2,000 staff as historic Belfast aviation factory as Airbus signs deal with Boeing
It is the latest chapter in the saga of the Shorts plant which first opened in Belfast in 1936 but has gone through the hands ...