Airbus Broughton's giant former A380 factory that once housed 1,200 staff working on the wings of the superjumbo is set to reopen. The West Factory was opened in 2003, and at the time was the largest factory built in the UK for years.
The plant had been used to assemble wings for the 555 seater A380 before they were transported by barge and ship to Toulouse in France. A decision was taken to phase out the programme and the last A380 wing departed Broughton in February 2020.
Despite being left empty, Head of plant had Jerome Blandin had previously said it remained very much a 'key part' of the site strategy for Broughton. Now Airbus has confirmed it will be re-purposed to assemble wings for the A321 range.
