First large aircraft components for A220 production arrive at Airbus US facility

Airbus A220 aircraft production is one step closer to reality as the first large aircraft components for the first aircraft have been delivered to the Airbus US manufacturing facility. The first of the major component assemblies (MCAs), consisting of the aft fuselage and cockpit, arrived by truck at the Airbus’ US Manufacturing Facility at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley. “With the arrival of these assemblies, A220 production in Mobile will shortly become a reality,” said Paul Gaskell, president-Airbus US A220. “The arrival of these MCAs is taking place almost four years to the day from when our first A320 MCAs