Airbus has set an aggressive growth plan for production of its A320 aircraft, with expansion in Mobile that apparently will include a new Final Assembly Line.
Airbus has set an aggressive growth plan for production of its A320 aircraft, with expansion in Mobile that apparently will include a whole new Final Assembly Line.
If confirmed, that would mean Airbus would add a third assembly line to the two it currently has at the Brookley Aeroplex on the shore of Mobile Bay: One for the a320 family of single-aisle jets, one for the smaller A220 family. Airbus is also competing for an Air Force tanker contract and has said it’ll build a line for those jets in Mobile if it wins the deal.
Airbus released quarterly earnings on Wednesday. Among the news in that report, Airbus said it was sticking with, and accelerating, plans for the ramp-up in A320 production slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The report said that the company is aiming for a production rate of 65 A320 jetliners per month by summer 2023, and is is now working with its suppliers and partners to enable monthly production rates of 75 in 2025.
“Airbus will meet the higher production rates by increasing capacity at its existing industrial sites and growing the industrial footprint in Mobile, US, while investing to ensure that all commercial aircraft assembly sites are A321-capable,” said the earnings report. While “growing the industrial footprint” is not very specific, some media outlets have reported that Airbus CEO Guillame Faury was more detailed as he answered questions after the release of the report.
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