Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility
Airbus has reached two important milestones at our commercial aircraft production facility in Mobile, Ala.: we’ve officially inaugurated production activities in a newly-built Final Assembly Line hangar, and we started production of the first U.S.-built A220 for JetBlue. The new 270,000 sq. foot hangar, where both A220-100 and A220-300 aircraft […]
While Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury acknowledges that the coronavirus pandemic is the “gravest crisis” for the aerospace industry and that Airbus will have to “right-size” business operations in general, we are proud to say that we have no intention of closing Mobile – it has been and remains a strategic part […]
Members of the Airbus Mobile production and engineering teams have joined up with The University of South Alabama to produce 3D-printed, reusable face masks and mask tension release bands for medical personnel on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first batch was delivered on Friday. The team is making the masks and […]
Airbus has donated 40,000 face masks to Mobile and Baldwin counties to aid and protect city and health care professionals in their fight against the COVID- 19 virus. Twenty-thousand masks each have been donated to the Mobile Fire & Rescue Department in Mobile County, and the Emergency Management Agency in […]
Today marks the start of a new week in a world with very new ways of working. As we at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility move into this “new normal” for us, I want to take a moment to recognize and thank the amazing team in Mobile for their hard […]
You might not think of them as “aircraft carriers”, but that’s what the Airbus ships do as they carry aircraft parts around the world, including to the Mobile Final Assembly line here in Mobile. SimpleFlying.com reports: The Mobile Express crosses the Atlantic Ocean once per month, carrying major A320 Family […]
The wings came from Ireland, the tail planes from Italy, and the cockpit from Canada, but when an Airbus A220 taxis out for its First Flight at Brookley Aeroplex later this year, it will be the know-how and capabilities of Team Mobile that make it fly. To commemorate the historic […]
At the 2020 Singapore Air Show, Airbus unveiled an innovative new design for a blended wing aircraft that could significantly reduce fuel consumption. The MAVERIC (model aircraft for validation and experimentation of robust innovative controls) is a blended-wing body airplane. Wired Magazine reports: As the name suggests, the triangular Maveric blurs […]
The employees at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile recently achieved an important safety record: more than 1 million working hours without a lost time incident! This milestone was accomplished through the dedication of all employees to creating a safe, positive and productive site. It’s even more impressive because […]
Investments in Mobile, Alabama alone surpass $1 billon. Airbus announced today that, as part of its plan to produce 63 A320 Family aircraft per month in 2021, the company will expand its industrial footprint in the U.S. by increasing the production rate of A320 family aircraft at its Airbus U.S. […]
