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Originally Posted by beepbeep
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The commentator is correct: the order was just too large for one manufacturer to fill on a timely basis.
I currently live across the river from the Airbus plant in Hamburg, where the AA order gave rise to celebrations, as 11,000 jobs here are now secured for the foreseeable future. Below is a pic. This factory produces parts of the fuselage and the wings, and these are then shipped by boat and specially constructed aircraft (on left in photo) to the south of France for final assembly.
