Airlines scramble for Airbus jets made in America
For US airlines, the phrase “Made in America” comes with a whole new financial imperative thanks to the trade fight between the Trump administration and Europe. In October, the White House levied a 10% tariff on European-built aircraft as part of a broader conflict over aviation industry subsidies. The move followed a WTO ruling that EU assistance Airbus had damaged Boeing. American carriers who buy from Airbus are now facing the prospect of millions of dollars in additional costs they would rather avoid. So they’ve been asking that their planes come from Airbus’s sole US plant, in Mobile, Alabama, where the tariffs don’t apply. But there’s a hitch: The Mobile plant turns out only 5 A320s each month. <br/>
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Airlines scramble for Airbus jets made in America
For US airlines, the phrase “Made in America” comes with a whole new financial imperative thanks to the trade fight between the Trump administration and Europe. In October, the White House levied a 10% tariff on European-built aircraft as part of a broader conflict over aviation industry subsidies. The move followed a WTO ruling that EU assistance Airbus had damaged Boeing. American carriers who buy from Airbus are now facing the prospect of millions of dollars in additional costs they would rather avoid. So they’ve been asking that their planes come from Airbus’s sole US plant, in Mobile, Alabama, where the tariffs don’t apply. But there’s a hitch: The Mobile plant turns out only 5 A320s each month. <br/>
