{"id":102265,"date":"2020-10-30T15:04:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T15:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=102265"},"modified":"2020-10-30T15:04:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T15:04:16","slug":"airbus-delivers-500th-a320-family-aircraft-assembled-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2020\/10\/airbus-delivers-500th-a320-family-aircraft-assembled-in-china.html","title":{"rendered":"Airbus delivers 500th A320 family aircraft assembled in China."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Airbus has delivered the 500th A320 Family aircraft from its Final Assembly Line in Asia (FALA) in the northern Chinese municipality of Tianjin, Airbus China announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/10\/kuwait-airways-takes-delivery-of-its-first-two-a330-800.html\">Kuwait Airways takes delivery of its first two A330-800.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft, an A320neo, was delivered to China Southern Airlines, reported the Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George Xu, General Manager of Airbus China, said that the delivery marked a milestone in the cooperation and partnership between Airbus and the Chinese aviation industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/10\/airbus-loses-e767-million-in-the-third-quarter.html\">Airbus loses \u20ac767 million in the third quarter.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The A320 FALA was commissioned in Tianjin in 2008 to meet the growing demand from Chinese customers, and delivered its first A320 aircraft in 2009. 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