INTERNATIONAL US: Airbus to hire 1,000 at first American assembly facility
3 July 2012
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is to employ as many as 1,000 staff in high-skilled jobs when it opens its first assembly line in the US in Mobile, Alabama.
Tue, 3 Jun 2012
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is to employ as many as 1,000 staff in high-skilled jobs when it opens its first assembly line in the US in Mobile, Alabama.
This plant will assemble the A320 family of aircraft and is part of the firm’s “strategy to enhance Airbus’ global competitiveness by meeting the growing needs of its customers in the US and elsewhere”, a statement from the company says.Construction of the facility is due to begin next summer, with initial assembly work starting in 2015 and the first planes to be completed in 2016. By 2018, it will produce between 40 and 50 aircraft per annum.
The company already operates several US facilities that together employ more than 1,000 people.
It also claims in the release that its expenditures in the US support over 210,000 US jobs.
Fabrice Brégier, Airbus president and chief executive, says: “The US is the largest single-aisle aircraft market in the world – with a projected need for 4,600 aircraft over the next 20 years – and this assembly line brings us closer to our customers. Mobile is now becoming part of Airbus’ global production network, joining our successful and growing assembly lines in Hamburg, Toulouse and Tianjin.”
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is to employ as many as 1,000 staff in high-skilled jobs when it opens its first assembly line in the US in Mobile, Alabama.
This plant will assemble the A320 family of aircraft and is part of the firm’s “strategy to enhance Airbus’ global competitiveness by meeting the growing needs of its customers in the US and elsewhere”, a statement from the company says.Construction of the facility is due to begin next summer, with initial assembly work starting in 2015 and the first planes to be completed in 2016. By 2018, it will produce between 40 and 50 aircraft per annum.
The company already operates several US facilities that together employ more than 1,000 people.
It also claims in the release that its expenditures in the US support over 210,000 US jobs.
Fabrice Brégier, Airbus president and chief executive, says: “The US is the largest single-aisle aircraft market in the world – with a projected need for 4,600 aircraft over the next 20 years – and this assembly line brings us closer to our customers. Mobile is now becoming part of Airbus’ global production network, joining our successful and growing assembly lines in Hamburg, Toulouse and Tianjin.”
