Airbus moves staff to help secure Hamburg jet output
Staff shortages force planemaker to relocate workers from other locations to help prepare for higher A321 production
Paris — Airbus is mobilising staff from outside Germany to assist with a tricky production ramp-up of A321 passenger jets at its plant in Hamburg, industry sources said. The planemaker has faced a string of industrial problems at the plant, which is responsible for the in-demand A321 model, the largest member of the best-selling single-aisle A320 family. Although single-aisle jets are increasingly standardised, manufacturing has been complicated by the fact that planes such as the 180-240-seat A321 are in demand for long-range trips of up to eight or nine hours as airlines test out new markets. Such long trips require new multi-class cabins, compared with short- or medium-range trips for which the A321 was originally designed, and Hamburg is the Airbus factory responsible for handling this. Airbus is moving workers from other locations to help in the industrial recovery and to prepare for higher production. “There are staff shortages in Hamburg,” a person familiar with the matter ...
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