Airbus adapts commercial aircraft production and assembly activities in Northern Germany and Alabama sites in COVID-19 environment

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Stade, Bremen and Mobile – Airbus is temporarily adapting commercial aircraft production and assembly activity at its German sites in Bremen and Stade and pausing production at its A220/A320 manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama in the United States. These actions are being taken in response to several factors related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic including high inventory levels in the sites and the various government recommendations and requirements …

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Airbus May Be Cutting A320 Production Due To COVID-19 Virus

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Airbus may be preparing for a cut in production of its A320 airliners by as much as half for up to two quarters due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reuters reports that suppliers have been asked to cut their shipments of parts by 40 percent, which would accommodate production of about 36 jets per month, according to sources …

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FAA Takes A ‘Major’ Step Towards Return Of Supersonic Air Travel

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The FAA has taken a major step forward toward reintroducing supersonic commercial air travel with a proposed rulemaking to set noise certification standards for new supersonic aircraft. The purpose of the noise certification Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (PDF) (NPRM) is to add landing and takeoff noise standards for a certain class of new supersonic airplanes. The NPRM is open for public comment for 90 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.

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