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Airbus just delivered its 100th plane to Delta from its Mobile plant
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:37 pm
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Somehow, since the Airbus assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama, opened in 2015, nearly everything seems to have gone right. The plant makes two popular aircraft: the A220 regional jet and A320 family jets including the A321, currently the airline industry’s “it plane.” At chief competitor Boeing, a once-vaunted, 106-year-old company, has been temporarily overwhelmed by a series of bad decisions. Among them was an effort to impose tariffs on Canadian-made aircraft, which pushed Airbus into acquiring 75% of Bombardier and moving some A220 manufacturing from Canada to Mobile. The Mobile plant got through the pandemic without laying anybody off — and now, aircraft are in short supply throughout the world.
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In May, Airbus said it will add 1,000 jobs in Mobile, enabling the addition of a second assembly line for A320 family aircraft — in addition to the existing lines for the A220 and the A320. Since May, a few hundred jobs have been added, bringing current employment to about 1,500; the target is 2,500 jobs by 2027. “That’s not bad for a place that wasn’t building airplanes seven years ago,” said Daryl Taylor, vice president and general manager of the Mobile plant since its opening. About 75% of employees represent local hires. Airbus has invested about $1 billion in Mobile so far.
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Last week came one more Mobile achievement. On Thursday, the plant delivered its 100th aircraft to Delta Air Lines, a key customer. The plane was an A321neo (new engine option) with a Pratt & Whitney engine. U.S. airlines often say they are “upgauging,” which generally means they are replacing smaller narrow-bodies with higher-capacity A321s.
This post was edited on 10/25/22 at 5:46 pm
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Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:43 pm to RedRifle
Louisiana still struggling to reopen Hubig’s
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:45 pm to danilo
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Louisiana still struggling to reopen Hubig’s
Nah, bruh. We're gonna get a couple battery plants that will be mandated to be run by all black women with GEDs
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:49 pm to upgrayedd
But we will be diverse damn it !!!!!
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:49 pm to RedRifle
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A220 regional jet
Interestingly, no regional airlines fly the A220. JetBlue and Delta are the only two domestic carriers operating the A220 to my knowledge.
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an A321neo (new engine option) with a Pratt & Whitney engine
Amazing plane. The XLR is going to be a game changer as well. Fuel efficiency will likely be a major emphasis moving forward.
This post was edited on 10/25/22 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:51 pm to RedRifle
Always found it fascinating that these foreign companies seem to invest in manufacturing in the south and seem to come out ahead. Meanwhile the American companies like Ford, GM, Boeing, stay put and seem to put out an inferior product.
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:51 pm to Tuscaloosa
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A220
That thing got a window in the bathroom.
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:57 pm to willymeaux
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Meanwhile the American companies like Ford, GM, Boeing, stay put and seem to put out an inferior product.
False.
Also, their union agreements from decades before the foreign companies showed up on these shores force them to have all US/Canadian plants be unionized. Because of this there is little incentive for them to build new plants in the south.
Mexico yes. The South, no.
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:58 pm to coonass27
100% diverse
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:00 pm to RedRifle
Wish I had a workshop like that behind the house.
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:03 pm to danilo
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Louisiana still struggling to reopen Hubig’s
This fricking state...
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:20 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Interestingly, no regional airlines fly the A220
Breeze says hello..
Well maybe a medium haul/regional hybrid
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The XLR is going to be a game changer as well
The LR is already changing the game... saw A jetBlue 321LR at London Heathrow the other week
Posted on 10/25/22 at 10:35 pm to danilo
quote:You, Sir, win the Internet for today.
Louisiana still struggling to reopen Hubig’s
Meanwhile, I will contemplate the long-missed Hubig’s apple pie. The coconut and several others were quite solid too. The similar-looking Haydel’s hand pies are baked not fried, and just don't taste nearly as good. (But the Haydel’s gooeys are pretty solid, especially the almond.) All this pie talk is making me feel like Homer Simpson.
Posted on 10/25/22 at 10:43 pm to RedRifle
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This post was edited on 10/25/22 at 10:48 pm
Posted on 10/25/22 at 10:44 pm to Tuscaloosa
Breeze flies the 220 domestically in the US as well.
The fuel burn numbers on the NEO are outrageous. Start sequence is a little weird though.
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Amazing plane. The XLR is going to be a game changer as well. Fuel efficiency will likely be a major emphasis moving forward.
The fuel burn numbers on the NEO are outrageous. Start sequence is a little weird though.
This post was edited on 10/25/22 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 10/26/22 at 6:58 am to RedRifle
I work at Airbus Mobile, at work now. It is a pretty impressive facility with huge expansions on the way. But it is horribly mismanaged top to bottom. What a shite show most days.
Posted on 10/26/22 at 7:03 am to RedRifle
I'm sort of jealous of mobile. They low key for at least 6 major manufacturing centers built there since 2000. A few things our area was in the running for. Though instead of "what can we do for you" louisiana is "what can you do for us?" No reason NOLA loses out so much to mobile.
Posted on 10/26/22 at 7:09 am to NOLATiger163
It freaking amazes me that almost ten years and we can't get a decent local hand pie. Haydels is way better than the Randazzo's one (Nonna not manny) but both are baked. The haydels one sometimes the filling is inconsistent.
It's not bad, just tastes exactly like a little Debbie hand pie.
A used industrial conveyor fryer can be bought for $15k. The ingredients are cheap.
We should just ask make our own Hubig's knock off call it the OT pie and sell it for $3.50.
It's not bad, just tastes exactly like a little Debbie hand pie.
A used industrial conveyor fryer can be bought for $15k. The ingredients are cheap.
We should just ask make our own Hubig's knock off call it the OT pie and sell it for $3.50.
Posted on 10/26/22 at 7:44 am to Napoleon
Mobile foosacklys marquee
This post was edited on 10/26/22 at 7:46 am
Posted on 10/26/22 at 7:45 am to GofishMS
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it is horribly mismanaged top to bottom. What a shite show most days.
Well yeah... Quit posting and get to work
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