In the fourth quarter of 2014, the Group’s component services facility, HAECO Spirit AeroSystems, received CAAC and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for Flight Control Surfaces for Airbus A320 and Boeing 737NG aircraft, and for Boeing 747-8 GEnx-2B67 thrust reversers, inlet cowls and fan cowls. Forthcoming approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for these products is expected in the first quarter of 2015.

HAECO Spirit AeroSystems is also developing a rotable pool of components for Airbus A320 and Boeing 737NG flight control surfaces at its facility in Jinjiang, in Mainland China. The company expects the initial phase of rotables to be available to support customers in the first quarter of this year.