Airbus will halt aircraft production at its site in Mobile, Alabama

Airbus will halt aircraft production at its site in Mobile, Alabama due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Manufacturing at the plant will pause this week and will last up until April 29th.

According to a company press release, some work will still be handled at Mobile. Jobs include fixes within the building and some aircraft maintenance. Other administrative tasks will also be taken on at the site but no production work will be completed.

The site is called the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility. An A320 family final assembly line opened here in September 2015. The location is also used as a final assembly line for the A220 family’s US-based customers.

Additionally, German-based production sites will see a break in manufacturing this month. Stade will pause production until April 11th while Bremen will have downtime until April 27th.

Airbus explained that its recent decision to pause production at these sites is a direct reaction to the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on its operations. Nonetheless, the firm is doing the best it can to ensure that its customers’ needs are met.