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Work has begun on the first Alabama built Airbus A220
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:22 am
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:22 am
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Airbus, which has been showing off its new A220 jetliner on an international tour, announced Monday that work has begun on the first of the jets to be built in Alabama. The company is still in the process of building a new Final Assembly Line (FAL) for the A220 at its Mobile campus. According to information released by Airbus, the first few made-in-America A220s will be built "within some current A320 family buildings and newly built support hangers," by a team of workers freshly back from training in Mirabel, Canada, site of another A220 assembly line.
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The first Mobile-built jet is an A220-300 ordered by Delta Air Lines. It is to be delivered in the third quarter of 2020. From there, Airbus aims to ramp up production considerably: “By the middle of next decade, the [Mobile] facility will produce between 40 and 50 aircraft per year,” the company projects. “The expansion of our commercial aircraft production in Mobile to a second product line — with 400 additional jobs to support it — further solidifies Airbus’ standing as a truly global aircraft manufacturer, and confirms without a doubt that Airbus is an important part of America’s manufacturing landscape,” said Airbus Americas Chairman & CEO C. Jeffrey Knittel. “With Mobile, and our production network in Asia, Canada and Europe, we have strategically created a worldwide industrial base to better serve our customers.”
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Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:23 am to RedRifle
Nice, like the 2-3 config. Guaranteed a window or aisle on left with no fatty in middle
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:26 am to RedRifle
frick airbus
they get a ton of $$$ and political help by euro countries, and when US government tries to help Boeing in any way, they file complaints with that stupid world org, who always sides with euros. It's a fricking joke.
they get a ton of $$$ and political help by euro countries, and when US government tries to help Boeing in any way, they file complaints with that stupid world org, who always sides with euros. It's a fricking joke.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:27 am to RedRifle
America 1 Canada 0
That’s a Canadian Bombardier C-series that Airbus bought and changed it’s name to the A220.
Fricking Alabama “stole” their manufacturing that the Canadians spent years and millions of man hours on. #MAGA
That’s a Canadian Bombardier C-series that Airbus bought and changed it’s name to the A220.
Fricking Alabama “stole” their manufacturing that the Canadians spent years and millions of man hours on. #MAGA
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:29 am to Gray12
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America 1 Canada 0
That’s a Canadian Bombardier C-series that Airbus bought and changed it’s name to the A220.
Fricking Alabama “stole” their manufacturing that the Canadians spent years and millions of man hours on. #MAGA
um........
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:30 am to RedRifle
The bathrooms will be larger to accommodate fricking your fat sister.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:33 am to RedRifle
I’d say delta has the hottest flight attendants right now
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:34 am to Winston Cup
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:36 am to SeeeeK
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frick airbus they get a ton of $$$ and political help by euro countries, and when US government tries to help Boeing in any way, they file complaints with that stupid world org, who always sides with euros. It's a fricking joke.
Airbus planes don’t have MCAS that make you fall from the skies. Airbus planes also have better designs on them, and are designed to be more comfortable. For example, The 737 is still a design from the 1960s. Boeing builds their planes to fit as many people as they can. They intentionally make their cabin width 0.5 more so if it’s a 777 for example, the Boeing can hold 9.5 seats while the A330 can only do 8. Same thing on the 787 vs A350. A 787’s seat width is less than a fricking commuter jet.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:36 am to RedRifle
Those lips!
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:36 am to RedRifle
It's nice that Delta will be able to enrage travelers in U.S.-built aircraft.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:40 am to Winston Cup
quote:Easily. Been noticing this too. And those little purple outfits are
I’d say delta has the hottest flight attendants right now
. In particular I’ve been seeing a couple fine arse black chicks on flights to/from Atlanta.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:20 am to RedRifle
dey tryin sumthn noo in bamma
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:24 am to RedRifle
I’m glad they are being built in the great state of Alabama, but frick AirBus they are a shite company. Boeing is a far superior product.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:27 am to SeeeeK
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frick airbus
they get a ton of $$$ and political help by euro countries, and when US government tries to help Boeing in any way, they file complaints with that stupid world org, who always sides with euros. It's a fricking joke.
How much R&D money has Boeing received from the federal government? All of that work in composites that went into the 787 and 777X? That technology was developed and proven for defense projects funded by the US government.
You don't think Embraer gets subsidies from the Brazilian government?
Or Bombardier which went to court over subsidies from the Quebecois government.
It doesn't matter which manufacturer brands the aircraft, the components are made all over the world. No aircraft is "American" or "European". Rolls Royce, Snecma, Pratt, and GE all make engines. Critical components manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, BAE Aerospace, etc.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:36 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Boeing is a far superior product.
Except for the whole new planes falling from the sky thing.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:47 am to Winston Cup
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I’d say delta has the hottest flight attendants right now
Are we limiting this to domestic, because 777tiger says it's some of the far Eastern airlines that bring the heat.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:52 am to Gray12
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Airbus planes don’t have MCAS that make you fall from the skies.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:53 am to kywildcatfanone
Scarebus has the same protection feature
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:54 am to Winston Cup
quote:Allegiant.
I’d say delta has the hottest flight attendants right now
Seriously
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