Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility
Limited or no aerospace experience? No problem! Airbus has launched two new hiring programs designed to employ applicants with little-to-no aviation or aerospace experience. The two programs, FlightPath9 and Fast Track, are intended to train participants for the aircraft production workforce from within the Mobile community, where its A220 and […]
The first group of production employees for Airbus’ U.S.-based A220 production line in Mobile, Alabama—called Pioneers—reported for their on-the-job-training in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada this week. Over the next three months, the structure assemblers, electricians, flightline team members, and quality inspectors will work alongside their counterparts in Canada to become familiar […]
The Mobile Express ocean-going ship carries A320 Family aircraft components from Europe to the U.S. final assembly line Airbus has inaugurated Europe-U.S. transportation services with the Mobile Express, a new ship that carries major A320 Family jetliner subassemblies from the company’s European production network to the final assembly line in […]
Team Mobile recently hosted international members of the aviation and aerospace press from five countries. Reporters from a wide range of publications toured the Mobile final assembly line, heard presentations on the new A220 program, and asked questions of the company’s top management before attending a groundbreaking ceremony for the planned A220 […]
With a crunch of shovels and a volley of fireworks, Airbus employees and executives, state and local officials, and airline industry representatives broke ground on January 16 on a new A220 Final Assembly Line in Mobile, Alabama. Located just feet from the existing A320 FAL, the new facility will employ […]
Delta will be the first U.S. operator to benefit from this new-generation aircraft’s unbeatable efficiency Delta Air Lines’ first A220-100 took off on its first flight from Mirabel airport, Québec, at 02:02 p.m. local time. The aircraft was crewed by A220 programme test pilots. During the successful 2-hour and 53-minute […]
We’re very proud that Airbus Alabama employee Krystie Dunn helped to create the local chapter of the Association of Women in Aviation Maintenance (AWAM). In partnership with many other organizations and companies, Airbus Alabama is working to decrease the gender gap in the aerospace industry, and we were proud to participate in 2018’s Girls […]
Airbus’ A320 Family production facility in the U.S. will this week deliver its first aircraft partially powered by sustainable jet fuel. The latest A321 for JetBlue is due to depart Mobile on 20 September with 15 percent sustainable jet fuel in its tanks. In total, five A321 aircraft are due […]
From design through production and onward to final tests and certifications, each Airbus jetliner is the result of wide-ranging expertise, complex logistics, and multinational cooperation across thousands of employees, suppliers and partners, and Team Mobile is proud to be a part of it. Airbus’ principle of global cooperation is built […]
Congratulations to Team Mobile’s Bryan Draves on receiving his private pilot’s license! From the fourteen years he served in the U.S. Navy, to his father’s inspiring career working on projects like the Space Shuttle, to the first Air Maverick, Bryan has spent his entire life around aviation. Bryan does not […]
