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CTOnews.com, November 9 (Xinhua)-- Airbus announced today the commissioning of its first A321 aircraft at its Asian assembly line of Airbus A320 series aircraft in Tianjin, China.

In August this year, Airbus Tianjin final assembly line officially began to upgrade to have the production and delivery capacity of A321 aircraft. This is the first major upgrade of the final assembly line since it was put into operation in 2008, and the first A321 aircraft has been put into production and is scheduled to be delivered early next year.

CTOnews.com learned that Airbus has a total of four A320 series aircraft assembly lines around the world, which are located in Toulouse, France, Hamburg, Germany, Tianjin, China and Mobile, USA. By the end of 2022, all four-seater assembly lines will have the capacity to produce and deliver A321 aircraft to ensure increased production capacity and cope with the growing share of A321 aircraft.

Among them, the Asian final assembly line of Airbus A320 series aircraft located in Tianjin was opened in 2008, which is Airbus's first civil aircraft assembly line outside Europe. In the same year, the first aircraft parts arrived at the final assembly line. Since the delivery of the first A320 aircraft in 2009, the final assembly line has been operating successfully for more than 14 years, delivering more than 600 aircraft.

As the largest member of the A320neo series of aircraft, the Airbus A321neo aircraft can carry up to 244 passengers in a single cabin, with a maximum range of 4700 nautical miles / 8700 km.

Compared with the previous generation of aircraft, the fuel consumption of A320neo series aircraft can be reduced by 20% and the noise can be reduced by 50%. By the end of September 2022, the A320neo series aircraft had received more than 8500 orders from more than 130 customers around the world.

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