Airbus and Mobile-area politicians toasted a milestone Monday, but both have much bigger goals for the airplane manufacturer. The occasion for Monday’s celebration was the 100th plane from the company’s family of A320 jets built at the Airbus assembly plant at Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley to Delta Air Lines.
) - Airbus and area politicians toasted a milestone Monday, but both have much bigger goals for the airplane manufacturer.
The assembly plant employs 1,600 workers and another 400 work at an engineering center nearby and at a facility at Mobile Regional Airport. The workforce is up several hundred since the beginning of last year, and Airbus Americas Chairman and CEO Jeff Knittel said that number is poised to grow. He told reporters he expects to hire 300 to 400 employees in the coming year and more after that.
The plane’s handover to Delta – which, technically, will not happen for another few days – comes at a time of strong global demand and when Airbus has a clear edge over its longtime rival, Boeing Co. A second assembly line under construction at Brookley is scheduled to open at 2025, and the company last yearwith Lockheed Martin to try again for a contract to build ariel refueling tankers for the Air Force. Airbus and Mobile lost out to Boeing on that contract in 2011, but Knittel said he is optimistic. He noted that the Airbus assembly line in Mobile has produced 300 commercial planes.
While declining to address issues with any particular supplier, Knittel did acknowledged the problem. Heather Wingate, the company’s senior vice president of government affairs, said the A320 is an important part of the airliner’s future.
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