Airbus A220

  The company which makes parts for Airbus passenger planes at a factory in Belfast is aiming to renegotiate the terms of its deal with the manufacturer. Spirit Aerosystems makes the wings for the Airbus A220. The company's chief executive, Patrick Shanahan, said he thinks the two firms will come to "a reasonable outcome". Spirit has been in Northern Ireland since 2019 when it bought Bombardier's operations. The deal ended a long period of uncertainty for about 3,000 workers in Northern Ireland. In August, the firm reported worse than expected financial results for the second quarter of 2023. It disclosed $105m (£82m) in losses on Boeing and Airbus aircraft production and forecast a difficult cashflow picture for the rest of the year. The A220 programme was among the loss-making parts of the business. At the time, then-chief executive Tom Gentile said Spirit "made a big bet on the A220 programme". Boeing deal Spirit recently reached a deal with Boeing for th