Airbus increases capacity at Tianjin final assembly line

Airbus said it is witnessing the fast and stable growth of China's civil aviation market, and its A320 family final assembly line in Tianjin is increasing its capacity.

Currently, Airbus assembles an average of four-and-a-half A320 aircraft a month in Tianjin, and it will deliver a total of 52 A320s this year. Early next year, it will produce five A320 aircraft a month, and by the end of 2019, it will produce six A320s a month, according to the company.

The production ramp-up follows an agreement between Airbus and China signed during French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit to China in January.

The facility, the third-largest single-aisle assembly line for Airbus after Toulouse and Hamburg, will be in operation for 10 years from this week. By the end of August, it had delivered 378 A320 aircraft to Chinese airlines and Air Asia, and it is looking to attract more customers from Asia.

Source: China Daily