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Airbus Celebrates 5 Years of Production in Mobile, Alabama

WIL BALDWIN September 14, 2020

In 2015, Mobile, Alabama became home to Airbus’ first US-based commercial aircraft manufacturing facility. Now celebrating five years of production, it has grown from an initial workforce of around 250 staff producing A320 Family aircraft,…

Airbus Hints At Decision On Proposed A321XLR

WIL BALDWIN November 26, 2018

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - The incoming chief executive of Europe's Airbus hinted on Monday at a decision next year on whether to launch the A321XLR, a longer-range version of its best-selling A321 single-aisle jet. Asked…

Airbus Picks Guillaume Faury As Next CEO

WIL BALDWIN October 8, 2018October 9, 2018

PARIS (Reuters) - Planemaking boss Guillaume Faury was named as the next chief executive of Airbus on Monday, ending months of uncertainty over the leadership of Europe's largest aerospace group and underlining the dominance of…

Airbus Sales Head Quits After Less Than One Year

WIL BALDWIN September 13, 2018

PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Airbus named its second new sales chief in less than a year on Thursday after chief commercial officer Eric Schulz resigned nine months after being poached from Rolls-Royce to lead…