Molto interessante. Mi pare che proprio dalla nascita Airbus abbia adottato questo modello di produzione.
Airbus has since its inception in 1966 used the principle of pre-equipped sections of the aircraft which are completed are remote locations and then flown to a Final Assembley Line (FAL) at Toulouse for final joining together to a complete aircraft. This principle, called FAL and pre-FAL, was invented by Airbus production father, Felix Kracht, as gifted as its original chief designer, Roger Beteille. The pre-FALs were a clever move to give the participating countries enough systems and integration work for them to give up their demand for multiple final assembly Lines, a devastating inefficiency that had plagued previous cooperation projects in Europe.
The historical pre-FALs have today morphed into competence centers with accompanying production facilities. The pre-FALs for the A350 are:
· St Nazaire on the French Atlantic coast, competence center and pre-FAL for forward sections and middle sections.
· Hamburg, competence center and pre-FAL for rear sections and vertical tails.
· Filton and Broughton UK, competence center and production unit for wings. These then gets shipped to Bremen who does the final pre-FAL assembly of the wings with their high lift systems.
· Getafe Spain, which is the pre-FAL for the horizontal tailplane produced at Puerto Real
· To this shall be added the engine, the Rolls Royce TXWB, which is produced at Derby UK.
All these pieces of the total airplane are produced as complete modules with all systems installed except cabin walls, seats, galleys etc. They are also tested for their correct functionality at the pre-FALs.
http://leehamnews.com/2014/02/23/lessons-learned-from-a380-787-benefit-a350/