Governor Ivey said the addition of 1,000 new jobs at the Airbus facility will push total employment there to 2,800.

NEW A320 FAL

“In 2025, 1,000 more Alabamans will have an opportunity to build the finest commercial aircraft in the world.”

The centerpiece of Airbus’ expansion project, announced in May 2022, is the addition of a new, 350,000-square-foot A320 Family Final Assembly Line (FAL) to ramp up production of the in-demand passenger jet.

Overall, the growth plans include over a dozen new structures that will add 1 million square feet of space to Airbus’ U.S. Manufacturing Facility, effectively doubling the aircraft plant’s production area.

Airbus is targeting the third quarter of 2025 for completion of the expansion project, which follows the addition of a FAL for A220 aircraft.

“This just felt like the right time as we really put the big pieces of it in the ground,” said Daryl Taylor, Airbus’ Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations in Mobile. “We will have the capacity to double the output we have today.”

Bob Smith, the Alabama Department of Commerce’s aerospace specialist, said Wednesday’s Expansion Ceremony underscores the rapid growth that’s unfolding on the Airbus campus at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley industrial park.

“This is really the next step in the project that will add the third Final Assembly Line in Mobile,” Smith said. “In 2025, 1,000 more Alabamans will have an opportunity to build the finest commercial aircraft in the world.”

Since entering Alabama, Airbus has invested over $1 billion its Mobile manufacturing facility.

“As we break ground on this new chapter in Alabama’s aerospace journey, let us celebrate this achievement and look forward to a future where our state continues to be a leader on the global stage,” Governor Ivey added.

“The best of us, of Alabama, is still yet to come.”

 

WKRG contributed to this report.

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