Airbus opens second A320 line in Toulouse, targets 75 aircraft a month
On 15 June 2026, Airbus officially launched its second modernized final assembly line for the A320 family at the Jean-Luc Lagardère site in Toulouse. The new line is meant to help the company boost production and meet strong demand, particularly for the A321neo version.
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The opening ceremony was attended by Airbus Executive Chairman Guillaume Faury and Commercial Aircraft CEO Lars Wagner, together with French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot and hundreds of company employees.
Guillaume Faury called the launch of the line a source of pride for the entire company and a remarkable achievement by the teams working on commercial aircraft. He added that the new line gives Airbus the flexibility and capacity needed to meet strong demand for the A320 family, especially the A321neo version, and represents a step toward the planned increase in production to 75 A320 family aircraft per month.
According to Faury, the line will operate in coordination with Airbus's other assembly plants in Hamburg, Mobile and Tianjin, and is meant to support the company's commitment to deliver aircraft meeting the highest quality standards to customers around the world.
The opening of the second Toulouse line follows recent production expansions in Mobile and Tianjin and is part of Airbus's strategy to have a total of ten assembly lines for the entire A320 family operating worldwide by 2026.
- Opening date
- 15 June 2026
- Location
- Toulouse, Jean-Luc Lagardère site
- Total lines in 2026
- 10 worldwide
- Hamburg
- 4 lines
- Mobile (USA)
- 2 lines
- Tianjin (China)
- 2 lines
- Toulouse
- 2 lines
The new line stands next to the first Toulouse line, which Airbus opened in July 2023 in a former A380 assembly hall. The facility makes use of existing industrial infrastructure, supplemented with digital control systems, automated logistics and robotics, aimed at improving production flow and workplace ergonomics.
While around 700 people work on the first line, the second line will ramp up its capacity gradually. Once fully operational, the two lines at the Jean-Luc Lagardère site are expected to employ nearly 1,500 people combined.
Jean-Luc Lagardère site
- The site was built between 2002 and 2004, originally for the A380 program, and covers an area of 50 hectares.
- Both A320 family lines are housed in a central hall 490 metres long, 250 metres wide and 46 metres high, covering 122,000 m², which Airbus compares to 500 tennis courts.
According to Airbus's statements from late April, made when presenting its first-quarter 2026 financial results, the company plans to reach production of 70 to 75 A320 family aircraft per month by the end of 2027 and then stabilize at a rate of 75 units.
As of the end of May 2026, the A320 family order book stood at a total of 7,499 aircraft, of which 5,615 were A321neo versions.