Airbus officially began construction of it’s A320 Family Assembly Line in United States at Mobile, Alabama. The new assembly line, whic...
The new assembly line, which is the company’s first U.S.-based production facility, will be located at the Mobile Brookley Aeroplex and will facilitate assembly of A319, A320 and A321 aircraft.
Major construction of the facility will begin this summer. Aircraft assembly is planned to begin in 2015, with first delivery of a Mobile-assembled aircraft in 2016.
At full production, the assembly line and associated facilities would produce up to four aircraft a month which directly translates into employing as many as 1000 high-skilled workers.
Airbus already has a presence in Alabama through an Engineering Center in Mobile – also located at Brookley Aeroplex – which employs more than 200 engineers and support staff.
In addition, Airbus’ operates an larger Engineering Center in Wichita, Kansas, an aircraft Spares Center in Ashburn, Virginia; a Training Center in Miami, Florida, and a regulatory and government liaison office in Washington, D.C.
The company’s headquarters for the Americas is located in Herndon, Virginia. Airbus’ U.S.-based air traffic management subsidiary, Metron Aviation, is located in Chantilly, Virginia. All together, Airbus’ U.S. facilities employ more than 1,000 people.
