Airbus called for compensation to take on money-losing Spirit operations, sources say

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Airbus has called for financial compensation to take on money-losing operations from Spirit AeroSystems, a demand that has emerged as one obstacle to a tie-up deal between the supplier and its main customer Boeing, people familiar with the matter said. Spirit and Airbus executives are holding talks in New York, first reported by Bloomberg, to try and work through issues such as the European planemaker's demands for financial compensation to take on the supplier's loss-making operations.