Airbus in Mobile has made another successful delivery! This was our twenty-second since we started, our fifteenth for American Airlines, and our fifth delivery in 2017. Captain Rod Mauro waving goodbye during the pushback.
The Pink Paper Plane Challenge
On March 8th, Airbus in Mobile joined other companies and organizations around the world in the Pink Paper Plane challenge, an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the amount of paper airplanes in the air at one time and as an effort to raise awareness for women in the […]
Rear Admiral Thomas Ishee Visits Airbus in Mobile
It was a great pleasure to welcome Rear Admiral Thomas Ishee, Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike, to the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile today. Rear Admiral Inshee was in Mobile for Navy Week, taking part in many Navy Outreach-NAVCO activities, allowing him to talk to people […]
Spirit Delivery Brightens A Rainy Day
Our 3rd delivery to Spirit made for a bright delivery yesterday on an otherwise rainy day in Mobile.
Airbus Goes To School, Talks About Aircraft Production
Airbus has an internal program called Airbus Goes to School which allows our employees to go to their family or friend’s classrooms and tell young students about Airbus. We make these visits to help educate our future work force. Mrs. Zodrow’s 3rd grade class at Dawes Intermediate School received a […]
A New Chapter: Women in Aviation Maintenance
There are those who talk about the problems in the world, and then there are those who do something about them. Airbus employees Krystie Dunn and Jane Shelton have decided to do their part in overcoming the problem represented by the relatively small number of women working in the aviation […]
Brookley Field and Steven Brown go way back.
If you could go back in time to the 1960s, when Brookley Aeroplex was an active Air Force base, you might see Quality Assurance Lead Steven Brown as a young man, riding his bicycle around the grounds. “I actually grew up across the street from here. I was a member […]
Delta Takes Delivery of First Aircraft From Mobile
A great day in Mobile as we delivered our 15th U.S.-produced A321 to Delta! 11 employees from the airline’s Minneapolis-based team came to Mobile to take delivery of the aircraft along with Greg May, Delta’s SVP of Fleet and Supply Chain Management. The Delta team toured the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing […]
There She Flies! Airbus Shows State Pride
Airbus showed its Alabama-pride with a fly-over of today’s Iron Bowl game between Auburn University and the The University of Alabama. Whether Tiger or Tide — we have state pride! Auburn Football! Alabama Football!
Family Day at the Airbus Mobile Facility
On Saturday, September 24, nearly 1,200 family and friends of Mobile FAL employees came together for Family Day 2016. Guests toured the Transshipment Hangar and the Final Assembly Line Hangar, and viewed an assortment of aerobatic and vintage aircraft in a static display near the Delivery Center. FAL team members […]