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    Alabama Factory Readies For First U.S.-Built Airbus

    March 16, 2015
    Although major sections are built in Europe, that belies the fact that some 42 percent of Airbus’ aircraft-related spending on components is with U.S. suppliers.

    Source Pensacola Today

    This summer a shipment from Hamburg, Germany, will arrive at the Port of Mobile with large aircraft components. The cargo, two fuselage sections, wings and tail assemblies, will have traveled some 5,000 miles.
    This summer a shipment from Hamburg, Germany, will arrive at the Port of Mobile with large aircraft components. The cargo, two fuselage sections, wings and tail assemblies, will have traveled some 5,000 miles.

    The first American-built Airbus, an A321 for JetBlue, won’t roll out until 2016, but the gears are in motion to bring the European-built sections to Mobile that will mark the start of a new era in U.S. aviation history.

    This summer a shipment from Hamburg, Germany, will arrive at the Port of Mobile with large aircraft components. The cargo, two fuselage sections, wings and tail assemblies, will have traveled some 5,000 miles over road, land and sea to make history. They’ll become the first Airbus passenger jet made in America.

    More details here.