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Article: United States: Airbus prepares for A350 take-off with new factory in North Wales.
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- November 4, 2009
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Byline: kusumv03
Airbus will invest more than 400 million ([pounds sterling]358.9 million) in the UK in the next 12 months as it prepares to start production on its latest aircraft, the A350XWB.
The aerospace giant has started work on constructing a 46,000 sq m factory at its site in Broughton, North Wales, and is recruiting suppliers to the project. The new facility will build the A350 s wings and help to secure 10,500 jobs in Britain for the next decade. The Broughton factory will begin its assembly of the first wing this time next year. The aircraft is scheduled to make its first flight in 2012.
About a quarter of the A350 s estimated ...