Inside Airbus’ Production Facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport

Truly a European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus has facilities in multiple countries across the European continent in addition to its main facility in Toulouse, France. One of those facilities is at Finkenwerder Airport, a private airfield near Hamburg, Germany, which assists in the production of Airbus aircraft.

The airport is used exclusively by Airbus and features multiple ramp areas that seemingly extend into the adjacent Elbe where countless Airbus aircraft of all sizes can be seen. Airbus even has its own control tower at the airport staffed by air traffic controllers.
         
The airport is used exclusively by Airbus and features multiple ramp areas that seemingly extend into the adjacent Elbe where countless Airbus aircraft of all sizes can be seen. Airbus even has its own control tower at the airport staffed by air traffic controllers.

Spotters from all over the world come to see the Belugas as well as to catch a glimpse of aircraft in various stages of production destined for airlines throughout the world. In a few short hours at the spotting platform, one can see brand new Airbus single-aisle aircraft in the liveries of airlines from Asia, Europe, North America and Africa before they are delivered.

For spotters, aviation enthusiasts as well as aviation media, this location provides an opportunity to catch the newest plane for a particular airline, a new livery for an airline or even a special livery that has yet to been seen by the public. For that reason, the spotting platform is always filled with people waiting to be the first to catch a certain aircraft.
Just outside the facility, Airbus pays tribute to its history by displaying several historical Airbus aircraft on display. The most notable aircraft on display was the enormous Super Guppy transport which was the propeller-driven predecessor to the Beluga. Other aircraft on display there included the HFB 320 Hansa Jet that was built in Hamburg from 1964-1973.

Airbus operates two Airbus A320 family production facilities in Hamburg, producing aircraft from the A318 to the A321neo LR. Each aircraft enters the assembly line as a small shell of a fuselage and moves through the five different stages of production before exiting the hangar as an assembled Airbus. This particular line can produce a new Airbus A318 “baby bus” every two days. The aircraft that was almost complete in the fifth stage of assembly was destined for Canada’s Air Transat, its first A321neo.

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