WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas plane maker Hawker Beechcraft said Friday that its key creditors overwhelmingly backed a proposed reorganization plan in a vote that moves the company closer to emerging from bankruptcy protection as early as next month.

The Wichita-based company said that it will seek court approval to exit bankruptcy at a hearing Thursday and expects to emerge from Chapter 11 in the second half of February, if the bankruptcy judge approves the plan.