Airbus and Chinese partners agree on wide-body cooperation

Airbus A330 Completion and Delivery Centre to be built in Tianjin.

Airbus and its Chinese partners, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone Investment Company Ltd. (TJFTZ) and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), have signed a framework agreement on establishing an A330 Completion and Delivery Centre (C&DC) in Tianjin, China. The framework agreement firms-up the Letter of Intent signed by the three parties in 2014. The agreement takes the partnership between Airbus and China a further step forward following the successful establishment of an A320 Family Final Assembly Line and Delivery Centre (FAL-Asia) in 2008.

The agreement was signed by Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and CEO, Yang Bing, President of the TJFTZ and Pang Zhen, Vice President, Commercial Aircraft, AVIC, at Airbus’ HQ in Toulouse, France. The signature was witnessed by visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. Prior to the visit of Airbus, Premier Li and Prime Minister Valls presided over a Europe-China Economic Forum held in Toulouse.

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