Airbus confirms plans for first US factory

Airbus unveiled plans for its first US factory to make passenger aircraft on the 2 July 2012, in a fresh sign of US manufacturing’s improving competitiveness.

The European aircraft maker would invest $600m in a factory manufacturing narrowbody aircraft in Mobile, Alabama, in a move that would dramatically ramp up Airbus’ competition with Boeing, its chief rival.

BBC News, 2.7.12: Airbus confirms its first US factory to build A320 jet http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18675711

Deutsche Welle, 28.6.12; Airbus to build in US, reports say http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16056430,00.html

France24, 2.7.12: Europe's Airbus to build planes on Boeing's US turf http://www.france24.com/en/20120702-europes-airbus-build-planes-boeings-us-turf

Airbus, 2.7.12: Airbus to establish assembly line in United States http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/airbus-to-establish-assembly-line-in-united-states/

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