# Airbus breaks ground on A220 assembly line in Mobile, Alabama

Airbus held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new A220 aircraft manufacturing facility at the Mobile Aeroplex in Alabama. The project will create 432 full-time jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-01-16
- Where: Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 432
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 4 aircraft per month
- Products: A220 aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Airbus](https://endata.com/companies/1653.md)
- [Bombardier](https://endata.com/companies/2513.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [madeinalabama.com](https://www.madeinalabama.com/2019/01/airbus-kicks-off-construction-on-a220-manufacturing-facility-in-mobile/), 2019-01-16: "The assembly line will satisfy the strong and growing U.S. demand for the A220 aircraft, the newest offering in Airbus’ commercial aircraft product line."
- [thehill.com](https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/425657-airbus-to-invest-300-million-and-create-400-jobs-in-new/), 2019-01-16: "Airbus announced on Wednesday that it will create 400 jobs at a new factory to produce its A220 aircraft in Mobile, Ala."
- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/article/business/airbus-spends-300-million-on-new-alabama-plant-for-a220-jet-idUSKCN1PA29G/), 2019-01-16: "Airbus SE expanded its industrial presence in the United States on Wednesday, starting construction on a new assembly plant for the Canadian developed A220 jetliner."
- [canadianmanufacturing.com](https://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/airbus-starts-work-on-a220-assembly-line-six-months-after-bombardier-sold-jetliner-225111/), 2019-01-17: "Airbus SE broke ground Wednesday on the A220 aircraft assembly line at its facility in Mobile, Ala., the first step in a US$300-million construction project paid for by Bombardier Inc."
- [seattletimes.com](https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/airbus-starts-building-alabama-factory-for-u-s-made-a220s/), 2019-01-18: "Airbus has broken ground for a new factory in Mobile, Alabama, defying predictions by archrival Boeing that the plant would never be built."
- [assemblymag.com](https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/94754-airbus-begins-construction-of-300-million-assembly-plant-in-alabama), 2019-02-12: "The United States is one of the largest markets for us and this is our largest industrial base in the U.S."

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