Airplane Manufacturing

Airbus Celebrates 500th Plane Assembled In Mobile

Airbus recently celebrated its 500th U.S.-built aircraft assembled in Mobile, AL.com reported. Despite challenges with supply chains for engines and aircraft components, the Netherlands-based company’s...

Airbus Outdelivers Boeing

Airbus saw an uptick in its first quarter of the year, in which it delivered 142 airplanes, marking an increase from its first-quarter 2023 figure...

Airbus Military Opens Hangar In West Mobile

Airbus Military Aircraft, which specializes in maintaining, repairing and overhauling military aircraft, has expanded its operations at the Mobile Regional Airport, AL.com reports. A new...

500 Airbus A320-Family Aircraft Ordered

IndiGo has placed a firm order for 500 Airbus A320-family aircraft, which are manufactured in Mobile, setting the record for the largest single purchase agreement...

Superior Air Parts Expanding To Creola

Superior Air Parts, a Chinese-owned manufacturer of aviation piston engine replacement parts headquartered in Coppell, Texas, will be expanding its manufacturing footprint to Mobile County...

Airbus To Continue Hiring Run

Airbus recently announced plans to hire 800 people in the U.S. in 2023, including at its Mobile site, where it is expanding assembly facilities for...

Airbus Projects More Conservative Growth

Airbus has revised its production growth predictions for some of the jetliners it builds in Mobile, though the adjustment appears to be no threat to...

Continental Donates Aircraft To CACC

MOBILE, Ala — Continental Aerospace Technologies has donated two aircraft to Coastal Alabama Community College’s (CACC’s) Alabama Aviation Center through a new community partnership. Mobile-based...

Airbus Expansion Goes Beyond New Line

MOBILE, Ala. — Now that the town hall sessions for Airbus Alabama’s expansion in Mobile are complete, details have emerged that show work will go...

Final Airbus Town Hall Coming Up

MOBILE, Ala. — Airbus Alabama has announced “town halls” to discuss local involvement in upcoming construction projects at its final assembly line facility in Mobile....

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