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How Airbus builds planes in Mobile, Alabama

Join Gabe in Mobile, Alabama for a rare look inside the Airbus final assembly line for A220 and A320 aircraft in Alabama. This special facility is growing, and we’re there to see the latest progress on a massive new building due to house an additional final assembly line, as well the existing assembly lines and delivery center.

We also speak to key members of the team about what they’re doing now and what’s coming down the line as Airbus ramps up production to feed a growing demand for aircraft in the Americas. We get to know how sections of aircraft and components are shipped here across the Atlantic from Europe, from Mirabel in Canada and more. And we wrap up our visit at the inspiring Flight Works Alabama to learn about how they’re helping to inspire and educate a new generation of aviation professionals right here in Alabama and beyond.

As always, there’s lots and lots of beautiful aircraft to see up close in every stage of assembly from the individual components just unloaded off the shop, to those that are finished and ready to fly.

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