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Delta Takes Delivery of First Airbus A350XWB
Thursday, Delta Air Lines took contractual delivery of their first Airbus A350 in Toulouse, France. The aircraft, N501DN, is the first A350 delivered to an airline in the United States. (airwaysmag.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
P.S. Airbus has an assembly plant in Mobile, AL for A320. Also, Boeing is building an assembly plant in China.
The Airbus plant provides or provided a few thousand American jobs.
It seems that most of the readers here seem to think the Boeing airplanes are made in the good 'ole US of A. They'd be surprised by the high content of foreign made components. For instance, most of big pieces of the 777 come from Japan. Why do you think that Boeing has a fleet of Dreamlifters to move large aircraft components around?
The tail comes from Japan.
Please remember that there is no such thing as an American or European (or Japanese or Chinese, for that matter) plane. These planes are made up of major components made all over the world. Every time you get on an Airbus or Boeing, you're seeing the same general family of engines, avionics, interiors, lavs, landing gear, windows, and even paint.
Delta says Airbus years of innovative engineering. Remarkable hoe they are late to the came with the plane and when Airbus launch the plane sit it side by side with the B787 and they look remarkably alike. including the wings that lift as they gain speed.