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Airbus service center opens in Chengdu

Airbus, a European aircraft manufacturer, on Wednesday set up an aircraft life-cycle service center in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu. As Airbus' first such center outside Europe, it will provide parking, storage, maintenance, upgrading, modification, dismantling and recycling services for all types of aircraft, said Airbus. Covering an area of 717,000 square meters, it has the capacity to house 125 aircraft.

New cargo route links Wuhan, Abu Dhabi

SF Airlines launched a new international air cargo route linking Central China's Wuhan in Hubei province with Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. A weekly round-trip cargo flight is scheduled for this route, with up to 220 metric tons of air express capacity, the cargo airline said. The route will mainly handle general cargo, e-commerce goods and courier shipments.

Xinhua - China Daily