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The larger A220-300s with 130 seats will be assembled at an Airbus facility in Mobile, Ala. Construction of the plant next to existing A320 production lines will start later this month.

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The A220 is a lightweight aircraft built for the 100-150 seat market. Airbus bought 50.1% of the program in 2017, becoming a partner to Bombardier and the Quebec government.

It promptly renamed the CS100 and CS300 the A220-100 and A220-300, respectively. It didn't take long for Airbus to start landing orders for its new aircraft family.

On the local level, Airbus is adding a second assembly line, where it will build the A220 family of jets alongside the A320-family jets it has been assembling in Mobile for several years.