Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 6835 posts, RR: 5 Posted (5 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 2654 times:
According to Financial Times Germany Airbus has started the assembly of the first A320s in Hamburg.
The aircraft will be delivered end of April or in the beginning of May. It is planned to build 10 A320s in Hamburg this year.
LH4116 From Sweden, joined Aug 2007, 1673 posts, RR: 15 Reply 1, posted (5 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2271 times:
So all four A/C in the A320 family will be built in Hamburg! What aircraft will take over the fcurrent A320 production line in TLS? I also heard that Airbus are planning to build the A320 in China.
I won't stop complaining until SAS reintroduces free service in Economy Class!
Scorpio From Belgium, joined Oct 2001, 4934 posts, RR: 46 Reply 2, posted (5 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2263 times:
Quoting LH4116 (Reply 1): What aircraft will take over the fcurrent A320 production line in TLS?
Nothing. They'll keep on building it there. Also building A320s in HAM simply enables Airbus to increase production of the most popular member of the A320 family.
PlaneInsomniac From Canada, joined Nov 2007, 613 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (5 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2241 times:
Additional interesting points from the article:
Production in Hamburg is in the context of a planned production increase from 32 in 2007 to 36 in 2009, possibly up to 40 planes a year at a later time
A320 series production will take place in Toulouse, Hamburg, and Tianjing, China in the future
Article mentions a "successor to the A320", which will also be manufactured in Hamburg, starting in the "second half of the next decade"
In the long term, Airbus production could be split so that the widebodies are mostly built in Toulouse, while the narrowbodies are mostly built in Hamburg
Am I cured? Slept 5 hours on last long-haul flight...
Charlipr From Puerto Rico, joined Dec 2005, 340 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (5 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2222 times:
Quoting PlaneInsomniac (Reply 3): In the long term, Airbus production could be split so that the widebodies are mostly built in Toulouse, while the narrowbodies are mostly built in Hamburg
And some widebody aircraft built in Mobile, Alabama!!
VV701 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 6675 posts, RR: 17 Reply 5, posted (5 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1934 times:
Quoting Columba (Thread starter): Any idea who will get the first Hamburg build A320 ?
My understanding is that the following 320s will be amogst the first to be built at XFW:
CN 3450 Volaris (XA-VOK)
CN 3456 Shenzhen Airlnes (test reg D-AVVA)
CN 3479 JetBlue
CN 3503 Virgin America
CN 3516 Air Berlin
CN 3529 International Lease Finance Corporation. Was to be leased to Vueling but not taken up.
CN 3597 Go Airlines
CN 3611 China Eastern Airlines
CN 3631 Aeroflot
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