Airbus is readying to deliver the first A320 passenger jet built in the U.S., capping a global assembly footprint that now touches three continents.
According to a report from Bloomberg, the delivery, which is going to Spirit Airlines Inc. (Nasdaq: SAVE), is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 25.
The Miramar-based, low-cost airline touts its fleet as being the «youngest of any major U.S. airline,» operating more than 420 flights to destinations in the United States, Caribbean and Latin America. As of March 31, the airline had 100 aircraft. Orders placed in late December 2016 and renegotiated in the first quarter of 2017 will add 73 aircraft to Spirit’s fleet by the end of 2021, according to documents the company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
A different Spirit, Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (NYSE: SPR) in Wichita, builds wing components on all A320 variants at its plant in Prestwick, Scotland.
Those components now flow to Airbu"™ three final assembly lines for the A320, with its U.S. plant in Mobile, Alabama, joining production centers in Europe and Asia in now handing over the aircraft to customers.
Those facilities are located in Toulouse, France, and Tianjin, China…
