Thu, 17 Jan 2019 |
Airbus Breaks Ground on A220 Manufacturing
Facility in Mobile, Alabama
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Airbus has broken ground on its A220 manufacturing
facility in Mobile, Alabama.
The new
assembly line, which is the company’s second U.S.-based commercial
aircraft production facility, will be located at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley, adjacent to the A320 Family production line
and will facilitate assembly of A220-100 and A220-300 aircraft for
U.S. customers.
Aircraft production is planned to begin in the
third quarter of 2019 with first delivery of a Mobile-assembled
A220 aircraft scheduled for 2020. The new A220 production
facilities will be complete by next year.
The A220 (formerly the Bombardier C Series) is purpose-built for the
100-150 seat market. Powered by
Pratt & Whitney’s latest-generation PW1500G geared turbofan
engines the aircraft has a range of up to 3,200 nm (5,920 km).
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