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Airbus China is a group of companies set up by Airbus Industrie and Chinese interests and includes Airbus assembly plant in Tianjin. This company is a joint venture between Airbus Industrie, Tianjin Free Trade Zone (TJFTZ) and China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) and opened on September 28th 2008. Company provides final assembly of Airbus A320s and is first of its kind outside of Europe. First Airbus A320 assembled in Tianjin was delivered to Sichuan Airlines on May 18 2009. Facility is located at Tianjin airport and is capable of final assembly of up to 26 A320s per year. Other companies under Airbus China include Hua-Ou Aviation Training Center (crew training) and Airbus Engineering Centre (2005) both located in Beijing. Also in Beijing is Airbus China Customers Support Center which provides parts for Airbus products in East Asia. In 2009 Airbus China set up another company Airbus China Logistics Centre in Tianjin. Finaly in 2011, Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre was established as a subsidiary of Airbus China. This facility will manufacture composite parts for A350 program.

founded - demised (age)

1990 - present  (35years)

headquarters

, Beijing

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base airports

ZBTJ Binhai International Tianjin

home base

related operators

Airbus Industrie (Toulouse)

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