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AP Source: Airbus plans factory in Alabama

AP Source: Airbus plans first US factory in Alabama; move boosts competition with Boeing

By Joshua Freed, AP Business Writer | Associated Press – 1 hr 22 mins ago



European plane maker Airbus intends to build its first U.S. plant in Mobile, Ala., a person with knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Airbus will assemble its A320 jet there, according to the person, who requested anonymity because a public announcement has not been made. The A320 is a widely used plane flown by U.S. airlines including Delta and US Airways.
An Alabama plant would enable Airbus to produce planes squarely in the territory of archrival Boeing Co. It would likely mean lower production costs compared with Airbus' European A320 production lines in Toulouse, France, and Hamburg, Germany. The company also makes A320s in China.
The plan was reported earlier Wednesday by The New York Times, citing anonymous sources who said that an announcement could come as soon as Monday.
Airbus has said it wants to expand, and that it favors a site in the Southern U.S.
"We have made no secret of our hopes to expand our global footprint, including in the U.S., as we have a very strong market here," said Airbus spokeswoman Mary Anne Greczyn, who added that no decision has been made by the company's board.
An Alabama state legislator, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he's been asked by state officials to be in Mobile on Monday for an industrial announcement involving an airline project.
Airbus is aiming to boost A320 production. The 150-seat plane is generally used on short- and medium-haul flights, and Airbus makes more of them than any of its other planes. They retail for $88 million, although discounts are common for big customers.
Similarly, Boeing is ramping up production of its 737, which competes directly with the A320. Both companies are putting new, more fuel-efficient engines on the planes, hoping to extend their appeal as airlines try to cut their fuel bills. Airbus made its new-engine decision earlier than Boeing and got a big jump on orders.
The U.S. is a growing market for Airbus. American Airlines ordered 260 A320s last year, and US Airways is buying them as well. However, Delta Air Lines went with Boeing 737s in a 100-jet order in August.
Airbus already has a facility in Mobile that employs about 230 people designing and installing interior items such as seats and cabin equipment for its big planes, the A330, the superjumbo A380, and its planned A350.
It has had its eye on possible U.S. expansion for several years. Mobile is where Airbus parent EADS planned to put its assembly line for an aerial refueling plane it wanted to build for the U.S. Air Force, before losing that long-running duel to Boeing in Feb. 2011. The tanker would have been based on the A330, a larger plane than the A320 slated to be built there now.
In March 2011, then-EADS CEO Louis Gallois said that if or when EADS made a move into the U.S., the South would be its favored destination. At the time he said possible locations were Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas.
The plan by Airbus executives to open a plant in Alabama comes a few weeks after Fabrice Bregier took over as Airbus CEO on June 1. The CEO of EADS is now Tom Enders, who previously ran Airbus.
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Freed reported from Minneapolis. Associated Press Writer Phillip Rawls in Montgomery, Ala. contributed to this report.
 
When will the Socialist/Democrats learn.... Tax something
more, you get less of it.

...who is John Gault..
 
When will the Socialist/Democrats learn.... Tax something
more, you get less of it.

...who is John Gault..

I thought the United States had the highest corporate tax rate in the world.....

Last time I checked Alabama was in the U.S.

Don't be so gullible and brain dead.
 
Not for Foreign company's and individual's who move money and operations to the U.S.

Turn off MSNBS....
 
Not for Foreign company's and individual's who move money and operations to the U.S.

Turn off MSNBS....

They still have to pay taxes on their U.S. operations.

If you disagree, then you invalidate the arguement that U.S. companies base operations overseas to avoid U.S. taxes.

You can't have it both ways.

Turn off Fox.
 
The plant is coming to the U.S. because of low federal corporate tax rates (after you consider all the deductions and loopholes which MUST be included in any tax discussion).

The plant is going to Alabama because they have low wages and benefits, and political majority that virtually guarantees low labor and benefit costs.

Those that think this demonstrates a victory for the southern conservative econ policies must also have supported Skybus, Gojet and Mesa. Otherwise, you're an F-ng hypocrite.
 
When will the Socialist/Democrats learn.... Tax something
more, you get less of it.

...who is John Gault..

For anyone who hasn't read Atlas Shrugged, I recommend it.

It is a battle cry for the extreme right wingers. It is one of the most idealistic and simplistic pieces of garbage I have ever read. I forced myself to read the whole thing rather than just walk away.

Fortunately, real life doesn't exist in the far left or the far right. Life is not black and white, but grey everywhere.

In my opinion, anyone who believes Ayn Rand doesn't have the capability for complex thought.
 
Are you guys talking about the same Ayn Rand that took Social Security and Medicare under her husband's name?

Ron Paul would have let her die.
 
They still have to pay taxes on their U.S. operations.

If you disagree, then you invalidate the arguement that U.S. companies base operations overseas to avoid U.S. taxes.

You can't have it both ways.

Turn off Fox.

Obviously Alabama will offer Airbus specific state-related tax breaks to locate in Mobile. Happens all the time. Manufacturers will pit one state against another with the offer of jobs. Alabama is probably withholding real estate taxes and providing a tax rebate for every new employee. South Carolina offered Boeing big incentives to operate a factory there. Very common. Politicians who help secure these big job-makers in their states win more elections - get it?
 
Obviously Alabama will offer Airbus specific state-related tax breaks to locate in Mobile. Happens all the time. Manufacturers will pit one state against another with the offer of jobs. Alabama is probably withholding real estate taxes and providing a tax rebate for every new employee. South Carolina offered Boeing big incentives to operate a factory there. Very common. Politicians who help secure these big job-makers in their states win more elections - get it?

I was never confused or wondering why it happened. Get it?
 
The planes that will be built there audio is gonna be updated from "Retard" to "Hey y'all,,,,retard". :)
 
When will the Socialist/Democrats learn.... Tax something
more, you get less of it.

...who is John Gault..
It's Galt.

Did you make it to the end of that one?
Ayn Rand = Verbosity > Content.
I thought the book stunk. Its not entertaining. Its hard to read through.

It encapsulates a simplistic uber-conservative mindset and portrays the protaganists (who of course feel that way) as the saviors of a floundering country/economy. And the best part is that it portrays anyone who is not of this mindset as retarded liberal idiots/thieves/..Evil. Another funny part is all of the big business people go on strike to prove that the country can't live without them.
 
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Barry Dumbo Hussein will put the brakes on it because it won't be a union shop. Thats why Airbus will build planes somewhere in the southern states. That's why the Japanese and the Germans have auto plants in the southern states; no unions.
 
Barry Dumbo Hussein will put the brakes on it because it won't be a union shop. Thats why Airbus will build planes somewhere in the southern states. That's why the Japanese and the Germans have auto plants in the southern states; no unions.

Yep, cheap labor. Hurray! That's why you and I support Mesa, Gojets and Skybus enthusiastically! Right?
 

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