Aircraft
Airbus Extends Production Pause to German, U.S. Plants
Europe’s dominant aerospace company halts production activities in Bremen, Stade, and Mobile.
The Airbus site in Bremen, Germany supplies fully-equipped wings and landing flaps/high-lift systems to the final assembly facilities in Toulouse and Hamburg. (Photo: Airbus)
The Airbus site in Bremen, Germany supplies fully-equipped wings and landing flaps/high-lift systems to the final assembly facilities in Toulouse and Hamburg. (Photo: Airbus)

Airbus has decided to pause commercial aircraft production and assembly activity at its German sites in Bremen and Stade and its U.S. A220/A320 manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama, the company announced Monday. Airbus said the actions come in response to several factors related to the Covid-19 pandemic including high inventory levels at the sites and the various government recommendations and requirements that affect flow at different stages of production.