June 25 (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus
is poised to take over all or part of the operations of four
Spirit AeroSystems plants as part of an impending deal
involving rival Boeing, Reuters reported on Tuesday,
citing industry sources.
    The two main plants involved in the transfer to Airbus are
Kinston, North Carolina, where Spirit makes a crucial part of
the A350 fuselage known as Section 15, and a plant in Northern
Ireland that makes carbon wings for the A220.
    Spirit was spun off from Boeing in 2005 and has since become
a supplier to Airbus. The European planemaker now accounts for
roughly one-fifth of Spirit's revenue, with Boeing making up the
majority.
    
    Here are details of Spirit's key plants that supply to
commercial and business aircraft programs:
    
 LOCATION       COMPONENT MANUFACTURED               APPROXIMATE
                                                     NUMBER OF
                                                     EMPLOYEES
 Wichita, USA   - Fuselage, pylon, wing leading      12,590
                edges, thrust reverser and engine    
                nacelle of Boeing 737 built in       
                Wichita, Kansas, where Spirit has    
                its headquarters. Area spans 150     
                buildings covering 12.7 mln sq ft.   
                                                     
                - Composite forward fuselage and     
                engine pylons for Boeing 787         
                Dreamliner also built in Wichita.    
 Tulsa, USA     - Wing fixed leading edge and wing   1,110
                movable leading edge for Boeing 787  
                Dreamliner built in Tulsa,           
                Oklahoma, and Subang, Malaysia.      
                                                     
                - Tulsa facility consists of 1.7     
                mln square feet of building space    
                set on 147 acres.                    
                                                     
 Kinston, USA   - Central section panels of Airbus   590
                A350 built in Kinston, North         
                Carolina.                            
                                                     
 Belfast,       - Design and manufacture of          3,400 
 Northern       advanced composite wings for Airbus  
 Ireland        A220 commercial jet family.          
                                                     
                - Manufacture of center fuselage of  
                Bombardier Challenger 350 business   
                jet and Bombardier Challenger 650    
                business jet.                        
                                                     
                - Manufacture of forward fuselage    
                and other components for             
                Bombardier Global 5500 and 6500      
                business jets.                       
                                                     
                - Manufacture of composite           
                horizontal stabilizer for            
                Bombardier Global 7500 business      
                jet.                                 
 Casablanca,    - Casablanca site assembles          220
 Morocco        emergency doors for Bombardier       
                Challenger 350 business jet.         
                                                     
                - Assembles floors of Bombardier     
                Global 5500 and 6500 business jets.  
                                                     
                - Casablanca site is set on 7 acres  
                and totals 312,000 sq ft with        
                access to Moroccan aeronautical      
                hub.                                 
 Prestwick,     - Company builds wing leading and    1,120
 Scotland       trailing edge elements of all        
                Airbus A320 family of aircraft at    
                Prestwick plant.                     
                                                     
                - Prestwick facility consists of     
                988,000 sq ft of building space set  
                on 93 acres.                         
 Saint-Nazaire  - After central section panels of    135
 , France       Airbus A350 are built in Kinston,    
                they are incorporated into the       
                fuselage in Saint-Nazaire and        
                transported to Airbus.               
                                                     
                - Saint-Nazaire facility set on 9    
                acres and totals 75,000 sq ft.       
 Subang,        - Wing fixed leading edge and wing   1,000
 Malaysia       movable leading edge for Boeing 787  
                Dreamliner built in Tulsa,           
                Oklahoma, and Subang, Malaysia.      
                                                     
                - The 411,000 sq ft Subang facility  
                is 34% owned by Spirit and set on    
                45 leased acres.                     
 
    Source - Company website, SEC filings 

 (Compiled by Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru; Edited by Shounak
Dasgupta)