Airbus Adds Alabama Plant to Global Production Pause
April 06 2020 - 3:14PM
Dow Jones News
By Benjamin Katz
Airbus SE is pausing production at its Mobile, Ala., plant,
where it manufactures the A320 and A220 families of single-aisle
jets.
The pause is slated to begin this week and will continue until
April 29. The company has 1,100 permanent employees at the site.
They will take paid leave during the period.
The halt is in response to high inventory levels at Airbus
factories, as airlines across the globe defer taking deliveries of
aircraft, as well as government safety recommendations in the wake
of the new coronavirus outbreak. Two additional plants in Germany
-- in Bremen and Stade, where Airbus employs about 4,600 staff
combined -- will also be temporarily halted, Airbus said on
Monday.
Aircraft and wing production in the U.K., Canada and Spain have
also been paused due to high stock and government restrictions,
while factories in France were shut in order to implement new
health measures before gradually restarting production from March
23.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 06, 2020 14:59 ET (18:59 GMT)
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