Airbus will install a second aircraft assembly line in Tianjin, doubling its production capacity for A320 family jets on Chinese soil, European aircraft maker Guillaume Faury’s chief executive officer announced Thursday.
“As the Chinese market continues to grow, it makes a lot of sense for us to produce locally for Chinese airlines and probably for other customers in the region,” he told some reporters by phone, shortly before signing the deal during a visit by the president. Frenchman Emmanuel Macron to Beijing. This new final assembly line should go into service in the second half of 2025.
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