Chinese Airlines Should Place Widebody Orders Quickly, Airbus Warns

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Airbus' final assembly line facility in Tianjin, China.

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SINGAPORE—Airbus is urging Chinese airlines to place widebody aircraft orders “as quick as possible” as the availability of manufacturing slots becomes unpredictable amid the post-pandemic recovery. The comments from Airbus China CEO George Xu come as international travel recovery to and from China...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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