First U.S.-built American Airlines A321 Exits Paint Shop

Painting of the first U.S.-built American Airlines Airbus A321 has been completed. The aircraft has left the paint shop at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama.

The aircraft is the second A321 to be produced in the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, but the first for American Airlines. There are currently eight aircraft in production for American Airlines at the facility.

The aircraft painting was achieved by MAAS Aviation. The company is responsible for painting aircraft in its new facility located on the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley within the Airbus manufacturing facility campus.