MOBILE, United States: European jetmaker Airbus is taking its fight for a bigger market share to rival Boeing’s backyard on Monday, as it inaugurates its first production plant in the United States.

The $600 million facility in Mobile, Alabama, is due to eventually employ about 1,000 workers.

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