Airbus opens new center in Tianjin

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus Group SE on Wednesday inaugurated its first overseas wide-body completion and delivery center in Tianjin, and delivered its first European and Chinese made wide-body A330 aircraft to Tianjin Airlines from the new plant.

This aircraft was completed by Chinese staff members earlier in Toulouse, France, with support from their European peers. Some 150 Chinese staff were trained by Airbus experts for six to nine months, and they will later work at the Tianjin center, which will not only deliver aircraft to China, but also to the whole Asian market.

The Tianjin center will cover various aircraft completion work, including cabin installation, aircraft painting and flight tests, as well as customer endorsement and aircraft delivery. It will employ more than 250 people in total and will be ready to deliver two aircraft per month by early 2019.