Airbus to Build Planes in Alabama, Challenging Boeing
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Airbus SAS plans to assemble single-aisle aircraft in the U.S. for the first time, encroaching on Boeing Co.’s home market to tap demand from North American airlines seeking to renew their fleets.
Airbus has chosen Mobile, Alabama, as the site to build A320 single-aisle aircraft that compete with Boeing’s 737, the Toulouse, France-based company said today. Construction will begin by the middle of next year, with deliveries starting in 2016 and output of 40 to 50 planes annually by 2018.