Airbus was in a mood to celebrate Wednesday in Mobile, with a stage full of A-list guests, a slick video presentation and even fireworks. The occasion? A new assembly line that already is under construction.
) - Airbus was in a mood to celebrate Wednesday, with a stage full of A-list guests, a slick video presentation and even fireworks.“This is going to be our flagship in North America,” said Gerd Weber, head of the A320 family value stream management and final assembly lines. “And that makes us very, very proud.”
Daryl Taylor, senior vice president of commercial operations for Airbus Americas, told reporters that it will double the plant’s capacity to produce the A320. He added that it is critical to meeting its global commitment to boost delivery to 75 planes a month. “The good news is having more production lines gives them more flexibility and in theory, at least, allows them to work past that bottleneck of the final production and, of course, interior work and whatever else,” he said. “But the reality is, a lot of the bottlenecks have been elsewhere in the supply chain, like at the engine level, for example, or castings and forgings.”.
Mobile County Commission President Randall Dueitt initially was reluctant to agree to the incentives because he believes too many Airbus workers end up living in Baldwin County. But he said he has high hopes for a Mobile Chamber program offering relocation assistance to Airbus workers to live in Mobile County.
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