MAAS Aviation Alabama Part of Global Airbus Supply Chain

In 2016, Airbus began assembling its narrow-body A320-series passenger jets in Mobile, AL. The Airbus facility receives pre-assembled plane sections from around the world and has attracted numerous subcontractors. Fuselage painting occurs at MAAS Aviation, a facility funded by an NMTC transaction structured and closed by Crescent Growth Capital in 2015. In this article from the New York Times Magazine, MAAS Aviation occupies almost the final step in an incredible, globe-spanning supply chain that exemplifies how multinational manufacturers nowadays organize their production processes.