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Airbus Americas seeking manufacturing engineers for Mobile assembly line
First job openings for manufacturing activities for new Airbus facility
Airbus is seeking manufacturing engineers for its assembly line in Mobile, Alabama. The positions are the first manufacturing-related jobs announced for the company’s U.S. aircraft assembly line.… Continue reading
First Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Begins Final Assembly
Newest 787 complements, extends the super-efficient family
EVERETT, Wash., June 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has begun final assembly of the first 787-9 Dreamliner. The newest member of the 787 family began taking shape on schedule May 30… Continue reading
Construction begins on Airbus, U.S. Assembly Line
Opportunity for some 1,000 high-skilled workers direct and many more in supply chain
Airbus manufacturing in the United States advanced another step closer to reality today in Mobile, Alabama, as construction of the company’s A320 Family Assembly… Continue reading
Embraer Signs Jacksonville Airport, FL Lease for A-29 Super Tucano Assembly Facility
Jacksonville, Florida, March 15, 2013 – Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc. announced today it has signed a 10-year lease on a 40,000-square-foot hangar in which the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft for the U.S. Air Force Light Air Support (LAS) program will… Continue reading
First New Citation Sovereign rolls out of Cessna Assembly
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today the first production New Citation Sovereign rolled off the production line in the company’s Wichita, Kan., manufacturing facility. The New Citation Sovereign is one of six new Cessna aircraft… Continue reading
Airbus Appoints Program Manager for its Mobile Assembly Line
Alabama-based Company Now Responsible for All Aspects of Facility’s Construction
Airbus today announced the selection of Hoar Program Management (HPM), an Alabama-based company, as program manager for its A320 Family assembly line in Mobile, Alabama. In this… Continue reading
Cessna Citation M2 Off To Flying Start
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that the Citation M2 has commenced its initial production run in the company’s Independence, Kansas facility. The front and aft cabin assemblies for the light business jet are built… Continue reading
Building the future of Airbus with the A350 XWB
23 October 2012
Airbus continued its excellence in widebody aircraft with today’s inauguration of the A350 XWB Final Assembly Line – an event that occurred 40 years after the maiden flight of its game-changing A300, which put the company on… Continue reading
French Prime Minister inaugurates A350 XWB Final Assembly Line
Facility named after Airbus pioneer and founding father, Roger Béteille
French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault and Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer, Fabrice Brégier this morning officially inaugurated the 74,000 square-metre A350 XWB Final Assembly Line… Continue reading
Assembly of First Flight Test Vehicle for Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Underway
- Wings being joined to static test airframe
- A video is available at http://ow.ly/etTZp
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the cockpit and all fuselage sections for the CSeries aircraft’s first flight test vehicle (FTV1) have arrived at Mirabel, Québec, and that… Continue reading
Assembly of Test Airframe for Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Well Underway
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the assembly of the test airframe for its all-new CSeries aircraft is well underway at the company’s Experimental Test Facility in St-Laurent, Québec. The test article will be used during the Complete Airframe Static Test… Continue reading
Phenom 300 Added to Melbourne Assembly Line
With the arrival of the first wing and fuselage in late August, Embraer Executive Jets’ assembly facility in Melbourne, FL, has added production of the Phenom 300 light aircraft to the two-shift assembly operation. Full development of the assembly line,… Continue reading