Airbus boosts output at U.S. plant amid tariff dispute
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PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus will increase production of A320-family jets at its Mobile, Alabama, plant to seven a month by the beginning of 2021, adding 275 jobs, the European planemaker said on Thursday.Airbus currently produces close to six single-aisle jets a month at the plant and expects to reach that level in the next few weeks.The increase comes as Airbus faces U.S. tariffs on aircraft assembled in Europe in a dispute over aircraft subsidies. Aircraft assembled at its U.S. plant and..