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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Rimei Ishihara, Mr. Aviation and Digital Whale for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com news on April 6, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury visited China with French President Jean-Claude Macron. Witnessed by the top leaders of the two countries, Airbus also signed a series of new cooperation agreements with partners in China's aviation industry, and signed agreements with Tianjin Free Trade Zone Investment Co., Ltd., and China Aviation Industry Corporation. A second production line will be built in Airbus Tianjin.

He revealed in an interview with the media that Airbus will build a second final assembly line in Tianjin, which will also have the production capacity of A320 and A321, and plans to be officially put into operation by the end of 2025, doubling production capacity in China. By that time, Airbus will have a total of 10 final assembly lines worldwide. He pointed out that the new assembly line in Tianjin will help Airbus achieve its goal of producing 75 A320 series aircraft a month by 2026.

The investment in the second line is no different from the previous investment in the final assembly line. The new line will double the production capacity of the production line in Tianjin and better achieve the target of 75 Airbus A320 series aircraft per month in 2026. At that time, 70% of the aircraft on the final assembly line in Tianjin will be A321 aircraft.

He revealed that Airbus currently produces four A320 aircraft a month in Tianjin and plans to increase its monthly production capacity to six later this year, and the new investment will eventually increase production capacity to 12 aircraft a month or more. The Airbus Tianjin plant currently provides services only to Chinese customers, "but aircraft assembled there are likely to be delivered elsewhere, which will be decided on a case-by-case basis".

According to the French newspaper Echo, Tianjin will become the second largest production base of the Airbus A320 series, second only to Hamburg, Germany, with four assembly lines, and equivalent to Toulouse in France and Mobile in the United States.

He also said that at present, more than 600 A320 series aircraft have been assembled on the Airbus final assembly line in Tianjin, and Airbus has more than 2000 aircraft in active service in China, which means that 30 per cent of the aircraft are made in China. The construction of a second final assembly line also means that 20% of Airbus single-aisle aircraft worldwide are carried out in Tianjin.

It is worth mentioning that Airbus also signed a bulk purchase agreement with China Aviation equipment Group for 160 Airbus aircraft, including 150 A320 series aircraft and 10 A350-900 wide-body aircraft, with a total value of about $20 billion (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 137.6 billion yuan) And signed a memorandum of cooperation with China Aviation Oil to strengthen cooperation between China and the EU in the production, application and standard setting of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), increase the output of SAF fuel, optimize the supply chain of SAF fuel, and strive to increase the proportion of SAF fuel use to 10% by 2030.

It is understood that the A350-900 is a wide-body large aircraft, using a large number of technologies developed and applied for the A380, as well as production innovation. The A350-900 has a range of 7500 nautical miles (13900 km) and a third-class cabin layout that can hold 285 seats.

▲ source: the Airbus website A350-900 has the lowest seat-mile cost among aircraft of the same seating class, attracts A330-200 airline users and is suitable for all major European to American city pairs, major city pairs in the Asia-Pacific region, emerging Middle East hubs and routes between all European, African and many Asian city pairs.

Digitization and decarbonization are Airbus's top priorities, according to Mr Foley. As reducing carbon emissions to achieve carbon neutralization is the focus of the future development of the global civil aviation industry, Airbus is also actively working with local partners to promote the application of domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

He pointed out that the current demand for a new generation of aircraft by airlines is very strong, so the company is also developing the next generation of aircraft, which is expected to be officially operational between 2035 and 2040, which can reduce fuel consumption by 25 per cent and use sustainable fuel at the same time.

It is said that Airbus aims to launch hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2035. "the first thing is to supply the low-end market, and at the same time, the speed of developing hydrogen-powered aircraft depends on the demand for hydrogen-powered aircraft in the whole market." and the support of infrastructure such as airports for green energy, including the speed of regulatory development. "

In addition, Airbus is investing heavily in all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) projects. " We believe that there will be a very strong market demand for this kind of aircraft at a good time, and it is also a good platform for us to better develop decarbonization technology. explore what decarbonization technologies are cheaper and more convenient to operate on a small scale, and with technological breakthroughs in this area, they can be extended to other products such as civil aircraft and helicopters. " Foley said that Airbus believes that it will take a long time to develop similar technology and eventually launch products. "on the one hand, there should be an electric propulsion system, which, economically speaking, needs to be unmanned aircraft. so our goal is not to be the first manufacturer on the market to launch this kind of aircraft, but to propose safe and competitive solutions for everyone."

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