Spirit Aero posts profit as aircraft makers boost production
By: Reuters | Aug 01 2014 at 07:41 AM | Air Cargo
Aircraft components maker Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc posted a quarterly profit compared with a loss a year earlier as customers Boeing Co and Airbus boosted production to meet surging demand for large planes.
Spirit reported net income of $143.4 million, or $1.01 cents, for the second-quarter ended July 3, compared with a loss of $209.4 million, or $1.47 per share.
The year-earlier quarter included a charge of $448 million in cost overruns on several aircraft wing programs.
Revenue for the latest reported quarter rose 18.6 percent to $1.80 billion.