First A320 assembled in china performs flight
Between now and the Le Bourget Airshow, the teams will prepare their project presentations with the help of an Airbus coach. On 18 June, the teams will present their projects to the jury in Paris. The first and second place teams will be announced on 19 June, at the Le Bourget Airshow where Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO will present the prizes. The winning team will receive a first prize of 30,000 euros whilst the runner-up will receive 15,000 euros. An additional prize of 5,000 euros will be given to the team who is chosen by Airbus employees for the "Employees Choice" prize. The additional award will be given to the team .
First A320 assembled in china performs flight
The maiden flight of the initial A320 built at Airbus' new final assembly line in Tianjin, China - the first aircraft produced outside of Airbus' European facilities - marks a milestone in the expansion of the company's global industrial network. Aircraft build-up activity at Tianjin began in August 2008, with its organisation and work flow patterned after the latest state-of-the-art Airbus single-aisle final assembly line, located in Hamburg, Germany. The original A320 Family assembly site in Toulouse, France also continues to be active - providing three locations that contribute to Airbus' sustained output of A318, A319, A320 and A321 aircraft.
Airbus is maintaining its plans to ramp up the Tianjin final assembly line's output to four aircraft per month by the end of 2011, responding to China's growing market requirement for highly efficient single-aisle aircraft. Currently, nine jetliners are in the final assembly line process at Tianjin, with the next aircraft in this flow - an A319 - now undergoing the installation of its