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The latest production facility has strengthened Airbus’ global assembly network as demand for the A321neo continues to grow.
The infrastructure supports aircraft design and analysis work while linking aerospace engineering sites in Toulouse and Hamburg.
Operations in Germany and France will support aircraft production and maintenance, with focus on rapid spare parts delivery near Paris.
The improved Tianjin facility increases Airbus’ global final assembly capacity and supports its plan to build 75 A320 Family aircraft each month by 2027.
The PioneerLab's flight campaign has already begun at the manufacturer's largest German site in Donauwörth, with a rotor strike alerting system being the first techno-brick tested on board the demonstrator.
Construction of the A321XLR is complete, so now Airbus can concentrate on installing the sophisticated flight-test instrumentation suite followed by CFM LEAP engines and nacelles.
Wing of Tomorrow has reached a key milestone with the assembly of its first full-size wing prototype, while Airbus has also announced an extra-performing wing demonstrator project based on a Citation VII airframe.
The 106 metre crane is the longest that Demag has ever built. It has four hoists each with a load capacity of 6.25 tons and can be operated as single units or together.
The design and integration of tank structures is crucial to the performance of a future hydrogen aircraft, so Airbus has established two Zero-Emission Development Centres dedicated to this vital task.
Reorganising its aerostructures activity into two major companies, in France and Germany, Airbus aims to focus more closely on assembly and less on the manufacture of detail parts.
Parts of the centre wing box are reinforced, such as the spars, frames and upper and lower panels. Its arrival in Hamburg, along with fuselage panels from TAI, marks the start of aircraft structural assembly.