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Local carriers to get Airbus A320s

By Wang Yu (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-04-18 10:14

Four Chinese airlines - Sichuan, Shenzhen, Hainan and China Eastern - are slated to receive 11 Airbus A320 aircraft assembled in Tianjin this year, Jean-Luc Charles, general manager of Airbus (Tianjin) Final Assembly Company Ltd, told China Daily on Friday.

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The first A320 assembled in Tianjin is expected to be delivered in June to Dragon Aviation Leasing, which will lease the jetliner to Sichuan Airlines. The rest of the 11 A320s will go to the other three Chinese airlines.

"According to the current plan, China Eastern and Hainan Airlines are supposed to take most of the 11 A320s under assembling or to be assembled in Tianjin this year," said Xu Gang, deputy general manager of Airbus (Tianjin) Final Assembly Company Ltd.

Currently, components for A320s assembled in Tianjin come from Europe, but Charles said Airbus plans to get more parts from local suppliers.

By the end of 2011, the capacity of the Tianjin assembly facility is expected to reach four A320s per month, according to Charles...

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