June 26 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator is

considering whether Boeing's ( BA ) deal to acquire its former

subsidiary Spirit AeroSystems ( SPR ) could affect competition

in the country or in other markets, it said on Thursday.

The Competition and Markets Authority has not yet launched a

formal investigation, but has invited comments from interested

parties by July 15 to help inform a decision.

Boeing ( BA ) and Spirit did not immediately respond to Reuters

requests for comment.

Boeing ( BA ) spun off Spirit's core Wichita and Oklahoma plants in

2005, but in 2024 it agreed to buy back Spirit AeroSystems ( SPR ) for

$4.7 billion in stock to streamline its operations and improve

quality control, ending nearly two decades of independence of

the world's largest standalone aerostructures company.

European rival Airbus had also finalized a deal in

April to acquire several Spirit AeroSystems ( SPR ) facilities tied to

its aircraft programs.

(Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka and Shivansh Tiwary in

Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)