Order for 100 Airbus planes is a boost for UK wing manufacturing

Airbus employs 13,500 people in the design and manufactures the wings for the A320, as well as all other civil aircraft, at its two sites in the UK. The aerospace company also has around 110,000 work in its UK supply chain.

Filton in South Gloucestershire is where the engineering and design work is done along with some manufacturing, and the site in Broughton, Wales is where all wing assembly takes place, as well as other major wing component manufacturing.

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Spirit says it will announce an engine selection at a later date, the choice being CFM International’s LEAP-1A or Pratt & Whitney’s PW1000G engine.

The order could be worth up to $12 billion (£9.1 billion) using the most recent 2018 Airbus list prices, but these large orders can typically involve price reductions of at least 50% according to Reuters.

Featuring the widest single-aisle cabin in the sky, the best-selling A320neo Family, comprising the A319neo, A320neo, and A321neo, will deliver a fuel-burn reduction of approximately 20% as well as 50% less noise compared to previous-generation aircraft, thanks to incorporating the very latest technologies including new-generation engines and Sharklets.

Firm orders worldwide for the A320neo Family now have surpassed 7,300 from more than 110 global customers.

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