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Originally Posted by Damien
Airbus could be leaving. North Wales probably going to be the worst hit but Bristol and Portsmouth have stuff too I think.
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Airbus has said it will
reconsider its investments in the U.K if there’s no transition deal post Brexit. Not quite the same thing.
I don’t know if you’re aware of exactly what goes on at Broughton, but it was part of my news reporting patch back in the day so I’m acquainted with it a little. The operation is enormous, and highly technical, employing large numbers of highly skilled men and women who manufacture wings for a number of Airbus planes.
Such is the expertise at the site that when the A380 was developed, they chose to build the wings there even at the inconvenience of having to work out how to transport them by road to the nearest port so they could then go by coastal barge to France for assembly.
They simply aren’t going to move the manufacture of any current product out of North Wales. It would cause massive disruption and cost to their business.