Barry Eccleston says Mobile is ready for takeoff.
Eccleston, chief executive officer of Airbus Americas, is eager to break ground on a project that will establish the city as a major new center of aircraft production.
Airbus, a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., wants to build commercial air freighters in a new plant at the Brookley Field Industrial Complex. The project hasn't drawn the headlines that accompanied a related plan to build aerial refueling tankers at Brookley, but it's every bit as significant, according to Eccleston.
"This is going to truly transform Mobile," said Eccleston, who runs Airbus' North American subsidiary from its headquarters in Herndon, Va. "If you've seen Toulouse or Seattle, that's what you can envision. It will become a global aerospace center sophisticated, vibrant, high-tech and international. It will be one of the greatest centers of its kind anywhere in the world."
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