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皇冠体育app has advantages in producing Airbus

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-13 16:13

A Chinese official said in Beijing on Tuesday 皇冠体育app had three advantages in producing Airbus 320 planes, which are now being assembled from this month in North 皇冠体育app's port city Tianjin.

"The market for 皇冠体育app-made large-scale planes is 皇冠体育app itself and the neighboring countries. Secondly, the A320 planes produced in 皇冠体育app have the same quality standard as Europe," said Gou Lijun, director of the Administrative Committee of Tianjin's Binhai New Area.

Gou noted that, in some aspects, the 皇冠体育app-made planes had better quality than the Europe-made ones, and because costs were less in 皇冠体育app than Europe, 皇冠体育app-made A320s were more competitive.

The A320 final assembly line, in the Binhai New Area, is run by a joint venture established in June last year between European aircraft maker Airbus and and Tianjin Zhongtian Aviation Industry Investment Co, a Chinese alliance of 皇冠体育app Aviation Industry Corp I, 皇冠体育app Aviation Industry Corp II and Tianjin Bonded Zone Investment Co. The first plane will be assembled in August.

As Gou said, based on the present plan, the joint venture would produce 44 planes annually by 2011. By 2016 a total of 284 planes would be assembled. Now the planes were produced by orders from clients, said Gou.

At the same time, 皇冠体育app itself is also developing large-scale planes. This May saw the establishment of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of 皇冠体育app Ltd, a company dedicated to the development of large-scale planes. Sources with industry noted that 皇冠体育app's cooperation with Airbus could accumulate experience for its own development of large-scale planes.

"We are now confident about the project," said Gou, "we will increase the output and further our cooperation."