Airbus
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 North American operations expressed optimism toward continued growth. Construction continues on its third final assembly plant in Mobile and is to be finished by second quarter 2025. It is anticipated…
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 of 127. Boeing’s deliveries of commercial aircraft have faltered in the first three months of the year, Statistica reports. Boeing delivered only 83 planes in the most recent quarter, which…
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 in the history of commercial aviation, Airbus announced. The agreement takes the total number of Airbus aircraft on order by IndiGo to 1,330. New Delhi, India-headquartered IndiGo is among the…
The Mobile County Commission approved an Airbus expansion project incentive package of $10 million at its regular meeting on June 12. It expects the investment to yield 1,000 new jobs for local residents over the next 10 years, boost Airbus’ capital infrastructure outlay to roughly $1 billion at the Mobile Brookley Aeroplex and solidify Mobile’s…
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 its popular A321 family of jetliners, AL.com is among outlets to report. The planned U.S. hires are separate from a target of 800 hires this year in Canada. Out of…
The Mobile Chamber announced two yearly awards at its 8th Annual State of the Economy event earlier this month. Airbus was named Manufacturer of the Year, and 3rd Realm Creations was named Innovator of the Year. Airbus Alabama “has changed the Mobile area’s industry landscape by opening its first commercial aircraft production site” on 53…
MOBILE, Ala. — Leiden, Netherlands-based airplane manufacturer Airbus recently announced plans to increase production of its popular A320 model, which involves expansion at Airbus Alabama in Mobile, Business Alabama reports. “This will mean the addition of another 350,000-ft2 facility in Mobile, and, more importantly, it means Airbus will be adding 1,000 new jobs, in addition…
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile’s Bishop State Community College, in partnership with Airbus, is offering an Aviation Manufacturing Technology short-certificate program for high school dual-enrollment students beginning this fall. The 18-h certificate will train students for a career in the aviation industry as they earn industry-recognized certifications and college credits from Bishop State, the Mobile Area…
MOBILE, Ala. — Airbus is partnering with Lockheed Martin Corp. to compete for a contract to build refueling aircraft tankers for the U.S. Air Force. The proposal calls for Airbus to assemble its LMXT in Mobile before flying it to a Lockheed Martin factory in Georgia to add specialized equipment. Mobile would see a third…
Airbus has begun delivery of all aircraft from its U.S. manufacturing facility in Mobile with a blend of U.S.-sourced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and conventional jet fuel. The initiative, which the company committed to in September 2020 (BBN #61), has a long-term goal of developing a zero-carbon-producing commercial aircraft by 2035. Since the launch of…
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