Airbus gears up for China A350 push

摘要

As the first A320s assembled at Airbus's Tianjin plant enter service, the airframer is gearing up to push composite component manufacturing for its forthcoming A350 XWB widebody into China.rnPlans to procure 5% of the A350 from China are on track, with a ground-breaking ceremony due on 30 June in Harbin, where Airbus and China's AVIC are building a joint-venture factory.rnThat facility will be in operation from around mid-2010 and will start by making elevator parts for A320s, perform A330 work and, eventually, supply composite parts for the A350.