Financial critical purpose does not act on the scope for A320

Although the worldwide economic urgent position have a important influence on the world’s airlines, but in September last year, the authorized start of the A320 Airbus assembly line in Tianjin, and will not decrease the output capacity.

Held here today to attend the International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition Fair Trade Airbus cooperation and partnership with China, vice president, said in an exclusive interview on the 21st, as the world’s leading aircraft manufacturer, Airbus is not immune the impact of financial crisis, the Global aircraft production plans will be adjusted, from the beginning of October 2009, Airbus A320 series aircraft production will be adjusted to 36 per month 34 per month.

“But at the terminal assembly line in Tianjin, China’s goods produced objective will not change.” President said. This objective is: By the end of this year, the Tianjin assembly line will assemble a total of 11 A320 family aeroplane, and then goods produced will advance year by year, by the end of the year in 2011, to realise 4 per month.

The president said the Tianjin assembly line of Airbus aircraft assembled in China, the main customers, while China is the world’s less affected by the financial crisis, one of the countries, the current economic development has maintained good momentum. “The steady development of China’s economy, and enhance the stability of our confidence in the aircraft capacity.” He said.

Tianjin Airbus Airbus assembly line out-of-doors Europe only in the airplane assembly line to make Airbus A320 sequence aircraft. The last assembly line in September last year, formally put into procedure, the first airplane to be air journey in late May, then consigned in June in aviation leasing business Chiron. Chiron will lease the airplane to Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. (SichuanAirlinesCo., Ltd., Referred to as the “Sichuan Air”) for financial operators.

As Airbus and the aviation industry in China increasingly close industrial cooperation, Airbus purchases in China has increased year by year. Airbus is expected by 2015, Airbus purchases in China will reach 4-450000000 U.S. dollars. According to data provided by Airbus, at present, more than 5,600 Airbus aircraft in the world, operating more than 300 users, of which more than half of the installation of aircraft parts and components produced in China.

Initiated in 1996 in France, the International Aviation and Aerospace Trade Fair, April 20 to 24, first moved to Tianjin, China. Fair as this one of the foremost sponsors, Airbus to almost 300 participants aerospace suppliers to encourage their own and China.

In the Fair’s “Chinese Aerospace Market Forum”, the President briefed the participants on the Airbus final assembly line in Tianjin and the latest progress of the operation and support Airbus and the success of enterprises in Tianjin as an example, the invitation to foreign suppliers invest in China.

As host of the Tianjin Binhai New Area, China, following the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area, the development and opening up after the key areas. In the past two years, where the aerospace industry grow rapidly emerging from scratch. With the Airbus A320, a new generation of carrier rockets, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, satellites, space stations and other high-level R & D and industrialization base project have been settled in Tianjin Binhai New Area, which has become an important R & D into aerospace and industrial base.

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