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Mobile celebrates Airbus facility expansion, and cements its global aviation status

Airbus officially opened its third Final Assembly Line in Mobile on Monday, cementing the Alabama city’s status as the world’s fourth largest aircraft manufacturing hub behind Seattle, Toulouse, and Hamburg.

The expansion doubles Mobile’s potential A320 output to 16 planes per month and brings total production capacity at the campus to about 20 aircraft per month, including four A220-series jets…

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