Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility
For 13 years, Aircraft Systems Installer Peter Jackson helped keep EA-6B Prowler aircraft mission-ready for the United States Marine Corps. For most of that time, Peter was based in Cherry Point, North Carolina, but was often deployed to one of five countries, including Iraq. Peter was part of a team […]
If Brookley Field, home of the Airbus Engineering Center and the A220/A320 production facility in Mobile, looks a little cleaner, all thanks go to the Team Mobile members and their friends and families who came out for the 32nd annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup on September 21. Arlington Park and Brookley […]
Airbus has today officially begun manufacturing the A220 in the U.S. The first team of A220 production workers began work at Airbus’ Mobile, Alabamabased production facility following their recent return from on-the-job training in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, where the A220 programme and primary final assembly line are located. “The expansion […]
Both local and federal elected officials had good things to say about Airbus recently, as reported in AL.com. Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL) and Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), responded to recent criticism leveled against Delta Air Lines by pointing out that when Airbus customers buy from […]
Airbus is partnering with local schools and other organizations to create new pathways to employment with Airbus for local high school students and others who have little or no aviation experience. AL.com reports: For high-school seniors, the first of the newly announced is a taxiway leading them directly into the second. FlightPath9 is a nine-month […]
The Airbus family kicked off our 50th anniversary in style, with jets spanning our commercial line taking to the air in the skies over France, including the A220, A319neo, A330-900, A350-1000, A380, and BelugaXL. The French Air Force acrobatic team Patrouille de France joined us in celebration. Read more about the […]
The Airbus Mobile Final Assembly line and the Collins Aerospace facility in Foley, one of our major suppliers, are celebrating several milestones with more to come. AL.com reports: Thursday’s celebration tied in, to some extent, with the 50th anniversary of Airbus’ founding, which the company celebrated on Wednesday. “Our relationship […]
If you had asked a younger Danny Thomas in what field he would choose to make a career, chances are the aviation industry might not have ranked very highly. Danny, a Tool Shop Attendant at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, was born in the Bronx, but grew up […]
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 […]
