Airbus will build a line of H145 light twin-engine multi-purpose in the United States. For the United States, it can be said that it was "smashed into the Yellow Dragon", because the United States' leading manufacturing enterprises are very strong, the famous Bell company, Sikorsky company, Boeing company all produce first-class products, and sell well all over the world, no one thought that a European company in the United States to add another line.
Airbus***'s new production line will be located at the company's factory in Columbus, Mississippi, and will be able to deliver 16 aircraft per year by 2025. The line is in the process of completing the first of two H145***. Bart Reijnen, president and head of Airbus North America, told reporters at the Expo Feb. 27 that the new U.S.-based production line is designed to meet the growing interest in the aircraft in the U.S. market.
He said the decision was made after a review of the automaker's industrial capacity in the United States.
Airbus CEO Bruno Even said the H145*** set a sales record in 2023, with customers ordering 186 aircraft, after which Airbus plans to "ambitiously double production". "The decision we made was based on the potential we see in North America," Evan said. ”
Evan said Airbus' industrial strategy calls for "making the most of all our different capacities" to tackle H145 production.
Airbus' Columbus facility has built 480 UH-72 Lakota Light GM*** for the U.S. Army, and the plant has also built about 25 EC145E*** for EMS operators and finishing company Metro**iation*** Most recently, the Columbus production line has built 18 UH-72B*** for the U.S. Army
Airbus's business in the United States is in full bloom, not only the first-class business has developed well in the United States, but also established a number of first-class lines. This is even more true for commercial aircraft, including the A320 and A220 aircraft in the ** line in Mobile, Alabama.
In May 2022, Airbus said it planned to build a second assembly line at its aircraft plant in Alabama, U.S., to increase production of the company's best-selling A320 single-aisle airliner and expand its share of rival Boeing's domestic U.S. market. Airbus' Alabama plant now employs approximately 1,000 people, and the expansion of the new A320** line is expected to further increase the number of local employees.