Airbus to expand production at plant on US Gulf Coast
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Industry Aerospace Manufacturing airbus manufacturing WTOAs part of a plan to build 63 aircraft in its A320 family of planes per month, Airbus will increase to seven airplanes monthly by early next year.
MOBILE, Ala. — European aircraft manufacturer Airbus will expand production at its plant on the US Gulf Coast in Alabama, where it will spend $40 million to construct new facilities and add 275 jobs, the company said.
As part of a plan to build 63 aircraft in its A320 family of planes per month, Airbus said it would increase production at its factory in Mobile to seven airplanes monthly by early next year.
Airbus, which began producing aircraft in Mobile in 2015, employs about 1,000 people at the site assembling A220 and A320 models. The company added about 600 jobs in the city last year.
The expansion announcement, which puts Airbus on a pace to produce more than 130 aircraft annually in Alabama, came amid a tariff dispute.
A World Trade Organization panel ruled in December that the European Union had not complied with an order to end illegal subsidies for Airbus. The Trump administration imposed tariffs on nearly $7.5 billion worth of EU goods in October.
Airbus said it employs about 4,000 people at 38 locations in 16 US states.
