Mon, Dec 05, 2005
The National Development &
Reform Commission of China (NDRC) and Airbus have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding about the cooperation between the
Chinese civil aviation industry and the European manufacturer. The
MOU sets the frame for a further upgrade of the cooperation between
both parties. It also describes the process to evaluate the fields
of enhanced cooperation, including the possibility to establish a
Final Assembly Line for single aisle aircraft in China.
Airbus’ industrial cooperation with China dates back to
1985 when it signed a first agreement with Xi’an Aircraft
Company to produce and assemble access doors for Airbus A300/A310
wide-body aircraft in China. Today, five Chinese companies from
AVIC I and AVIC II are involved in producing parts for Airbus
aircraft: Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, Shenyang Aircraft
Corporation, Xí’an Aircraft Company, Hong Yuan
Aviation Forging & Casting, and HAFEI Aviation Industry Co.
Ltd.
In industrial cooperation with China, Airbus is committed to
further increase procurement volumes to reach US$ 60 million per
annum by 2007, and US$ 120 million by 2010.
With regards to research and development, Airbus formally
inaugurated the Airbus (Beijing) Engineering Centre in July this
year and has so far recruited 54 Chinese engineers, and this will
grow to 200 engineers by 2008.
Airbus has also offered the Chinese aviation industry a
participation in the A350 programme of up to five percent of the
airframe. This participation will include both design and
manufacturing. The design will be performed by the Airbus
Engineering Centre in China, and the manufacturing of the
corresponding parts and components will be under the responsibility
of the Chinese aviation industry, mainly AVIC I and AVIC II.
“We are very pleased to enter into discussions about
possible next steps of cooperation with our Chinese industrial
partners who over the years have developed excellent industrial
competences on which we can now draw”, said Gustav Humbert,
Airbus President and CEO on the occasion of the MOU signature.
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