Airbus has inaugurated the fourth Hamburg, Germany production line for its A320 Family of jet airliners.
Making use of digital technologies and a more flexible industrial setup, Airbus says the “innovative state-of-the-art line is a key enabler for ramping up the single-aisle programme to 60 aircraft per month by mid-2019”.
Frank Horch, Hamburg’s senator of economy, transport and innovation and Thomas Jarzombek, federal government coordinator of German aerospace policy, witnessed the milestone together with Guillaume Faury, president Airbus commercial aircraft, and 500 guests at a special ceremony in Hamburg. [Read more…] about Airbus inaugurates Hamburg’s fourth A320 production line dominated by robots and digital processes