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Scott: Airbus Announcement Good For Florida Panhandle
July 3, 2012
A new $600 million aircraft assembly plant that will be built in Mobile will have some positive residual effects on the neighboring Pensacola area and the western Florida Panhandle, Gov. Rick Scott said Monday.
Airbus, the French aircraft manufacturing giant, announced Monday in Mobile that it will build the new plant to produce three types of jumbo jets, which will employ 1,000 full time workers at capacity.
Work will start on the plant in 2013 and 2,500 construction jobs will be created over two years.Aircraft assembly will start in 2015.
Scott said Monday that the announcement is good news for Florida. Scott also said Florida’s lack of income tax will also lead to the creation of Florida jobs.
For more on Monday’s Airbus announcement, click here for an earlier story.
Pictured top: Airbus President & CEO Fabrice Brégier (at left) is joined by Alabama Governor Robert Bentley amidst confetti and streamers after announcing the decision to create an A320 Family final assembly line at Mobile’s Brookley Aeroplex. Pictured below: State officials, airline customers, industry suppliers and local guests were on hand in Mobile for the announcement. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
By The News Service of Florida
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4 Responses to “Scott: Airbus Announcement Good For Florida Panhandle”
What is Escambia County looking to get out of Airbus on this? More service jobs at hotels and dollar stores? Until Both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties give up the ideas that revenue can only be obtained from business south of I-10, all the counties will be good for is a place to buy that plastic shovel and flip/flops at…oh yes…don’t for get the bait and tackel shops.
No Governor, it will not happen in Escambia or Santa Rosa county. Neither knows how to attract business. They will offer overpriced industrial parks with not enough infrastructure, and NO incentives. We do not stand a chance until the state of Florida decides it wants to offer significant incentives for REAL middle class jobs. Alabama continues to put us to shame. So sad.
I doubt anyone will move here to work in Alabama. How does this help the Panhandle unless you are supplying something the new plant can use? And we all know Escambia County will not want any industries here. Hmmm….
So is Rick Scott taking credit for the creation of jobs in Alabama now??