MOBILE, AL—Airbus’ new assembly plant here now has six aircraft in various stages of production, with the first set to be delivered in the second quarter.
MOBILE, AL—Airbus Americas is looking to fill several positions at its new assembly plant here. Job openings include quality inspectors, a quality conformance specialist, and aircraft mechanics. Applications are being accepted until Jan. 12.
MOBILE, AL—Airbus officially inaugurated its first U.S. assembly plant here Monday. The $600-million factory will produce 40 to 50 jetliners in the A320 family per year, while sustaining the equivalent of some 3,700 full-time jobs in the region.
MOBILE, IL—Airbus will formally open its first US assembly plant here Sept. 14. The company says the facility will be its most efficient and will be capable of producing up to eight jetliners a month by 2018.
PARIS—Airbus has developed “connected glasses” for technicians to wear on the A330 final assembly line. The glasses enable precise positioning—down to the millimeter—during the cabin installation marking process, when operators designate the exact location where seats and cabin furnishings should be affixed inside the aircraft.
WASHINGTON—The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers this week opened an organizing office in Mobile, AL, to provide support for Airbus workers interested in forming a union at the company’s soon-to-be-completed final assembly line.
SANTA ANA, CA—Ascent Aerospace has been awarded a contract to design and build the final assembly station for the Airbus Beluga XL jet. The Beluga is an A330 modified to transport large aerostructure components from Airbus supplier facilities.
MOBILE, AL—The first major components for A320 airliners have arrived at Airbus’ new assembly plant here. Ulrich Weber, vice president of the factory, says airplane production will begin in July after the wings, stabilizers and fuselages move through testing stations.
MOBILE, AL—Airbus’ newly hired U.S. manufacturing employees arrived back home in Mobile May 31 after six or more months of training in Hamburg, Germany.
