BEIJING ( WNAM MONITORING ): Airbus on Wednesday opened its second Final Assembly Line (FAL) for A320 family aircraft in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, state-run Xinhua news reported.
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said that through the FAL, the A320 aircraft will be assembled from major parts such as fuselage sections and wings, then painted, tested, and delivered to customers in China and other regions.
The process to assemble the first plane is already in progress.
“We welcome the addition of Tianjin’s second line to our global production system, as it provides us with the necessary flexibility and capacity to deliver on our plan to assemble 75 A320 family aircraft per month in 2027,” Faury said at the inauguration ceremony.
As of now, Airbus’ A320 production network includes 10 FALs: four in Germany, two in France, two in the US, and two in China. The Tianjin assembly site is expected to account for 20% of the company’s total global production capacity.
Separately, China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held a meeting with Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury in Beijing on Tuesday, a statement from the Ministry of Commerce said.
During the meeting, Wang said Beijing will actively address Airbus’ concerns regarding its operations in China, and work together to safeguard the stability of global industrial and supply chains.
