Airbus CEO Tom Enders speaking at the grand opening of Spirit AeroSystems Kinston, North Carolina facility on 1 July 2010. Spirit has a contract to build Section 15 of the fuselage, a 65ft-long, 20ft diameter fuselage section in the middle of the aircraft. Section 15 is composed of composite panels: A crown, two sides, a keel beam, a forward lower panel and two lateral junction panels. Spirit is also providing the two floor panels for the section, work the company is subcontracting out to Alliant Techsystems in Utah. Spirit Kinston is also under contract to build the composite front spar of the A350s wings. Airbus expects certification and first deliveries of the A350 in 2013.
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