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Airbus Inaugurates A380 Assembly Building

Airbus plans to inaugurate its A380 assembly facility today at the airframer's headquarters in Toulouse. The facility measures 1,607 feet by 820 feet, with a height of 150 feet. In a first for Airbus, the sections of the plane will be joined together at a single station. Other buildings on the site...

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