Airbus recently held a groundbreaking ceremony in Mobile, Alabama, for a new facility that will produce the A220 regional jet.
The $300-million complex will facilitate assembly of the A220-100 and A220-300 jets for U.S. customers—helping Airbus meet the strong and growing domestic demand for the aircraft. The company plans to start building those planes in late 2019, while the facility is still being completed, and start delivering them in 2020.
More than 500 A220s have been ordered to d…
Source URL: Airbus Breaks Ground on New A220 Factory—On Boeing’s Turf
Source Website: Advance Engineering – Engineering.com
