Airbus has signed an agreement with Xian Aircraft Industry Company (XAC) to complete and test wings for the A320 aircraft at XAC’s facility in
The agreement follows a deal between Airbus and XAC in 1999 in which both parties agreed that Airbus would facilitate the transfer of A320 aircraft wing manufacturing technology capability to
Wingbox structures are currently assembled at Airbus’s
More than half of Airbus’s fleet has components produced in
Brian Fleet, senior vice-president at Airbus, said: ‘With this project, Airbus is fulfilling its support to the co-operation agreement regarding A320 China wing manufacture. Having this facility so close to the FALC (Final Assembly Line in
Meng Xiangkai, president of XAC, added: ‘We have been successful with the first three phases of the wing programme and we are confident that we will also be successful with this fourth phase.’
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