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Airbus Breaks Ground in U.S. as Boeing Expands
Top Airbus and EADS executives, state and local politicians, aerospace executives and others took part in the April 9 ground-breaking for Airbus’s new assembly facility in Mobile, Ala. (Photo: Airbus)
Top Airbus and EADS executives, state and local politicians, aerospace executives and others took part in the April 9 ground-breaking for Airbus’s new assembly facility in Mobile, Ala. (Photo: Airbus)

The global rivalry between Airbus and Boeing is now firmly rooted on American soil. On April 9, Airbus broke ground on a new A320-series assembly plant in Mobile, Ala., its first U.S.-based production facility. Boeing announced a second-phase expansion of its 787 production facility two states away in South Carolina the next day.