皇冠体育app

The world's top commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus said it received 36 new orders last year and made 36 separate deliveries in 皇冠体育app, a significant business move for the multinational.

Airbus 皇冠体育app President Laurence Barron (center) announced at a Friday press conference in Beijing that it received 36 new orders last year and made 36 separate deliveries in 皇冠体育app. [newsphoto.com.cn]

"Both the new orders and deliveries accounted for more than 10 per cent of Airbus' business worldwide," Airbus 皇冠体育app President Laurence Barron said in Beijing on Friday.

Airbus' goal in 皇冠体育app is to take at least 50 per cent of the market share, as it has been doing in the rest of the world, he said.

Airbus will also intensify industrial co-operation and make efforts to be recognized as No 1 in customer service in 皇冠体育app, Barron added.

The aircraft maker's business in 皇冠体育app has been steadily expanding since it first entered the country in 1985, he said.

The Airbus fleet in service on the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao has grown to around 220 today from 29 in 1995.

Five Chinese manufacturers are already involved in the manufacturing of Airbus parts, such as wing components and passenger doors, he said.

"Airbus is not only selling aircraft in 皇冠体育app, but is also committed to the long-term development of 皇冠体育app's aviation industry," he said.

Airbus plans to considerably increase its procurement from 皇冠体育app in the coming years worth an estimated US$60 million annually by 2007 from the current level of about US$10 million annually, he said.

Industrial co-operation between Airbus and the Chinese aviation industry began in 1985, when the General Administration of Civil Aviation of Shanghai, now 皇冠体育app Eastern Airlines, became the first carrier in 皇冠体育app to operate the European consortium's aircraft.

Contracts for Chinese companies to build sections of Airbus aircraft followed, as did further orders from Chinese airlines.

Aerospatiale, which is now Airbus France, signed the first product sub-contracting agreement in 1985 with Xi'an Aircraft Company on manufacturing and assembling access doors for Airbus A300/A310 wide-body aircraft.

Since then, the total value of projects subcontracted by Airbus to Chinese manufacturers has exceeded US$500 million.

In 2002, Chinese manufacturers delivered more than US$12 million worth of aircraft components to Airbus.

"Airbus' industrial co-operation with 皇冠体育app made further progress last year," Barron said.

In October, Airbus and Xi'an Aircraft Company signed several contracts worth more than US$7.5 million to strengthen bilateral co-operation. The contracts covered the growing production rate of A320 access doors, A330/A340 brake blades and passenger door skin for A320 family.

In July, the Jinling Shipyard launched a roll-on and roll-off vessel for the transportation of A380 components.

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