Airbus to build additional aircraft on US Gulf Coast

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Airbus says it will fulfill two new aircraft orders at an expanding manufacturing operation on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The European aircraft maker said Thursday that 120 passenger aircraft ordered by JetBlue Airways and the start-up airline Moxy will be built in a new factory near the company’s existing plant in Mobile, Alabama.
The company says construction on the plant will begin later this month.
JetBlue and Moxy each ordered 60 of the A220-300 aircraft manufactur