Rivalry between Airbus and Boeing continue to taper. Currently, Airbus Boeing
challenged by opening an assembly plant in Alabama, USA, Boeing took place.
Airbus to build plant worth
U.S. $ 600 million that will create
1,000 jobs. Airbus
factories in America
will be specific to assemble A320 jet
variant, the A319,
A320, and A321.
The plant will start
operating in 2015 and delivered the first US-made
jet was in 2016.
"When
this place opened
assembly, then we
are the only manufacturer of aircraft
that have aircraft assembly place in Asia, America,
and Europe," said President and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of Airbus, Fabrice
Bregier, in a press release Tuesday, April 9, 2013 .
As is known, at this time, has three Airbus aircraft
assembly facility, which is
in Toulouse, France,
which is then supported
by the Hamburg, Germany,
and is the second
facility in Tianjin,
China.
Airbus assembly facility in
Alabama is an
area of 116 hectares. The new Airbus will build
53 hectares, of
which constructed the building,
apron, and roads.
The rest will be
used for the development of future
facilities.
Meanwhile, quoted by Reuters, Chief Operating Officer for Customer Airbus, John Leahy,
target, in 2013, the
company was awarded a contract of
purchase of 750 aircraft.
According to him, the company will
begin flying the A350
inaugural flight in
the next three months. For that, he is optimistic that the
company will earn a minimum of 80 orders
for A350 aircraft.
This optimism, he continued,
because Airbus has
decided to replace
the A350 of Nickel Cadmium batteries to lithium-ion as the
safest and simplest
steps to get
certified.
Sources:
http://bisnis.news.viva.co.id/news/read/403661-airbus-tantang-boeing-di-amerika-serikat
http://bisnis.news.viva.co.id/news/read/403661-airbus-tantang-boeing-di-amerika-serikat
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