Overview
- Airbus completed a roughly 40% expansion of its Querétaro facility on Tuesday, growing the site to about 15,000 square meters and raising annual door production from 4,000 to 7,000 units.
- The upgraded plant will begin full production of conventional passenger doors (doors 1 and 4) that will be finished in Mexico and shipped to Europe for final integration.
- Company leaders frame the move as part of a push to regionalize and make supply chains more resilient as Airbus scales A320 output toward a target of about 75 aircraft per month.
- Airbus is actively seeking to deepen a vetted Mexican supplier base but says many local firms must reach aerospace quality standards such as ISO 9100 and add automation to compete for work.
- The expansion creates new business for Mexican manufacturers, involves coordination with the Federación Mexicana de la Industria Aeroespacial and local governments, and keeps parts flowing through Germany en route to final assembly in Toulouse.