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Airbus opens second A220 line as assemblies start at Mobile
Airbus has started assembling A220s at its Alabama facility, a milestone coming after the European airframer announced its intention to open a US A220 manufacturing site. (www.airbus.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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As long as this is done to satisfy the tariff issue, leave remaining facilities operational and increase production to satisfy demand... Bombardier sold an excellent airplane to Airbus. It’s up to them now.
It's not being done to "satisfy the tariff issue" because Boeing lost the case and there are no tariffs to be satisfied. By winning the case, Bombardier and now Airbus didn't have to open the Alabama production line, but as the A220's popularity grows, I think both lines will be kept quite busy.
Wrong tariff issue. Trump slapped tariffs on durable products, metals, etc., built in Europe and sold to the US-based companies because he would rather have them buy from the US (effectively giving that business to Boeing). Additionally, he slapped similar tariffs on Canada for the same thing.
Airbus basically gave him the finger, the proverbial Rage Against the Machine's "**** you, I won't do what you tell me", and got around the tariffs by building their aircraft in the US, so they circumvent all the work Trump did, making it backfire on him.
Airbus basically gave him the finger, the proverbial Rage Against the Machine's "**** you, I won't do what you tell me", and got around the tariffs by building their aircraft in the US, so they circumvent all the work Trump did, making it backfire on him.
Not referring to the 292%..given the current climate I think the US government may try to add tariffs on materials sourced outside the country (since Alabama is an assembly plant.)
I've thought about that too. A lot of the materials to assemble the aircraft are overseas. Boeing does thecsame thing as well as Cessna. I used to supply after market and some OEM aircraft parts and there is a lot to go into it. Parts aren't just parts, everything has to be certified by not just the FAA, but by other countrys'government standards as well. Also a big deal was if same parts can or can't be used for military aircraft. Once you have all the paperwork in order, it's not a big deal to ship. Parts are not just parts though.
As a Canadian whose tax dollars help develop the CSeries I hate to see 400 new jobs created in Alabama that should belong in Canada. Also I don't know what Airbus accomplishes with this. Much of the fuselage will be delivered pre-assembled from Canada. Forward, center and aft fuselage sections will be pre-assembled with all the wiring, piping, insulation, windows, air ducting, lavatories etc already pre-installed. All that needs to be done with the fuselage is join the three sections and install wall panels and furnishings. In the video on the Airbus site you can see how the major sections are already completely fitted out. In reality relatively little work will be done in Alabama and it will be mostly for show so they can say "Made in the USA"