First Airbus aircraft produced in the U.S. takes maiden flight

An Airbus A321 is being assembled in the final assembly line hangar at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama September 13, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger·Reuters· (Reuters)

PARIS (Reuters) - The first aircraft produced in the United States by European aerospace company Airbus <AIR.PA> took off from Mobile, Alabama on Monday and landed safely after a three-and-a-half hour flight, the Toulouse, France group said.

The A321 jetliner is due to be delivered to JetBlue Airways Corp. <JBLU.O> in a few weeks, Airbus said in a statement.

Airbus broke ground on the assembly plant in Mobile in 2012.

(Reporting by Michel Rose)

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