Airbus is coming: Agreement approved for $600 million, 1,000-worker plant in Mobile

Rickey Stokes

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Posted by: RStokes
Date: Jul 01 2012 12:50 PM

The decision is final.

Airbus has approved plans to construct an aircraft assembly plant in Mobile and will announce the landmark project at a news conference Monday along the city’s downtown waterfront.

The details are astounding: A sprawling, $600 million factory at the Brookley Aeroplex that will assemble A319, A320 and A321 aircraft and employ 1,000 full-time workers at full capacity, according to an internal briefing document obtained by the Press-Register.

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