When Airbus CEO Tom Enders mounted the stage that had been set up at Mobile's Brookley Field airport, he was sure about one thing: "This is going to be my last groundbreaking ceremony," he said, much to the amusement of his audience, comprising mostly Alabama dignitaries, employees and customers.Enders' statement made perfect sense, of course, because he will retire in April and, in spite of Airbus' long-standing plans to grow its presence in North America, opportunitiesdo not typically arise that often for him to return on a similar occasion in the next three months. And Enders has no reason to complain anyway, at least as far as groundbreakings are concerned.The Jan. 16 event in Mobile, officially launching construction for the local Airbus A220 final-assembly line, was his third on-site since the company started an engineering center in 2006 and an A320-family final-assembly complex in 2013.
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机译：空中客车公司首席执行官汤姆·恩德斯（Tom Enders）登上莫比尔（Mobile）布鲁克利菲尔德机场（Brookley Field Airport）搭建的舞台时，他确定了一件事：“这将是我最后的动土典礼，”他说，这很令他的听众高兴当然，恩德斯的声明很合理，因为他将在四月份退休，尽管空中客车公司已制定了长期的计划来扩大其在北美的业务，但通常不会出现机会。他将在接下来的三个月中再次返回。恩德斯也没有理由抱怨，至少就突破性进展而言。1月16日在莫比尔举行的活动（正式为当地的空中客车A220总装线启动建设）是他自公司成立以来第三次在现场进行活动。于2006年成立工程中心，并于2013年建立了A320系列最终组装大楼。
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