New Aircraft Assembly Lines Boost Global Aerospace Manufacturing Capacity from October 2025

USA & China – Airbus has inaugurated two new A320 Family Final Assembly Lines (FALs) in the United States and China, marking a major expansion of its global production network. The twin inaugurations, held in October 2025, significantly increase Airbus’s A320 Family output capacity and strengthen its manufacturing resilience across two of its most strategically important markets.

U.S. Expansion – Mobile, Alabama

• Airbus inaugurated its second A320 Family Final Assembly Line in Mobile, Alabama on October 13, 2025, expanding the site to three active FALs.
• The new 350,000-square-foot facility includes manufacturing, logistics, and office space, doubling Mobile’s A320 Family assembly capacity.
• The expansion supports Airbus’s global production target of 75 A320 Family aircraft per month by 2027.
• Approximately 1,000 new jobs will be created, bolstering Alabama’s position as a U.S. aerospace manufacturing hub.
• The investment underscores Airbus’s long-term strategy to enhance proximity to North American airline customers and diversify global production to mitigate supply chain and trade risks.

China Expansion – Tianjin

• On October 22, 2025, Airbus inaugurated its second A320 Family FAL in Tianjin, located in the Tianjin Free Trade Zone near Beijing.
• The facility will reach full operational capacity by early 2026, doubling A320 assembly capacity in China and contributing to the 75-aircraft-per-month global rate goal by 2027.
• Designed with sustainability in focus, the Tianjin FAL incorporates renewable electricity, reclaimed water systems, and geothermal energy to reduce its environmental footprint.
• The expansion strengthens Airbus’s long-standing collaboration with AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China) and the Tianjin Free Trade Zone Investment Company, continuing a partnership that has been central to Airbus’s industrial presence in China since 2008.

Together, the Mobile and Tianjin expansions bring Airbus’s global network of final assembly lines to ten, spread across Europe (Toulouse and Hamburg), North America, and Asia, enhancing production flexibility and regional capacity to serve global customers.

Source: Airbus