By Michael Tomberlin
Bombardier and Airbus are moving forward with its partnership to build the C Series airplanes, including an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars for a final assembly line in Mobile that would create up to 500 new jobs.
The future of the Mobile project was called into question by some today when a trade tribunal made an unexpected ruling in favor of Bombardier in a dispute filed by Boeing. That decision allows for C Series planes Bombardier produces in Canada to be sold to Delta Air Lines in the U.S. without additional tariffs.
“Our plans for C Series production in Mobile are not changed by this decision,” Kristi Tucker, communications director for the Airbus plant in Mobile, said. “We will be making C Series aircraft in the U.S. as planned.”Those plans hinge on Airbus acquiring a majority stake in Bombardier’s C Series, a group of single-aisle, regional jets configured with between 100 and 150 seats – a size of aircraft that Airbus doesn’t currently produce.
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