Airbus Weighs Chinese A320 Future as Competition Gains
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Airbus SAS is evaluating the future of its assembly facility for single-aisle aircraft in China, as the country works on its own design of a competing airliner.
Airbus owns 51 percent of a venture that began delivering A320 jets in 2009, while China’s Avic owns the rest. The team wants to build 284 single-aisle jets by June 2016. The facility is churning out more than three planes a month, with the 100th just beginning assembly. The rate will reach four monthly by year-end, Airbus China President Laurence Barron said.