Spirit’s Morocco facility recently started producing the aft and forward fuselage sections as well as the keel-beams for the Airbus A220 aircraft.
The designs are dispatched from Morocco for assembly at Spirit’s Belfast office in Northern Ireland. The two destinations were obtained by Spirit in 2020 as a feature of an enhancement system, adding critical Airbus content, and further expanding Spirit’s worldwide impression as well as improving its post-retail business. The site has developed mastery in assembling a range of parts for Bombardier business planes and presently joins Spirit worldwide locales previously following through on Airbus business programs.
Mikail Houari, President, Airbus Africa and Middle East said, “The Kingdom already builds parts for all of Airbus’ commercial aircraft, including the A220. This aircraft is the latest addition to our product line and consequently to our industrial footprint in Morocco. With this achievement, A220 parts manufacturing is now well integrated in the Moroccan aerospace ecosystem and can proudly be described as ‘Made in Morocco’. Today, we celebrate another milestone in our relationship with Morocco and Spirit AeroSystems, and we look forward to progressing a robust and sustainable aviation industry together.”
In excess of 300 workers are currently working there, as the site keeps on extending its assembling portfolio. Morocco’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, and senior executives from Airbus and Royal Air Maroc, joined, at the recently extended 250,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Midparc, Casablanca’s aerospace industrial park.
Stephen Orr, Vice-President and General Manager, Spirit AeroSystems, Morocco said, “We are developing an ambitious roadmap to accelerate the growth of our Casablanca site, with the support of our Ministry of Industry and Trade, and are delighted to extend our manufacturing capability to include this latest programme for Airbus. We look forward to working closely with Spirit’s Belfast team, who also supply the integrated wings for the A220 aircraft, and to building a strong and rewarding relationship with Airbus.”
Ryad Mezzour, Minister of Industry and Trade, said, “Today, we proudly celebrate the meteoric growth experienced by Spirit’s Midparc site, where construction was launched by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, in September 2013. Since then, the plant, at the cutting edge of technology specializing in the manufacture of aeronautical parts and structures, has established itself as one of the flagships of the aerospace industry in Morocco, Spirit’s new program, producing high-tech fuselage sections in Africa for the Airbus A220, following the recent extension of its site, further strengthens the Kingdom’s positioning in complex, high value-added processes, as well as the international influence of our national aeronautics ecosystem. Our solid partnership with Spirit will continue with the same enthusiasm and could present future development opportunities in Morocco“.
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The designs are dispatched from Morocco for assembling at Spirit’s Belfast office in Northern Ireland. The two destinations were obtained by Spirit in 2020 as a component of an expansion methodology, adding huge Airbus content, and further fostering Spirit’s worldwide impression as well as expanding its reseller’s aftermarket business.
