European aviation giant Airbus signed a framework agreement with its Chinese partners on Tuesday to increase the number of planes it makes at its Tianjin assembly plant.

 

本周二，欧洲航空业巨头空客公司与中国客户签署一份框架协议，将增加其天津组装工厂的生产数量。

 

According to a statement released by Airbus China, Airbus aims to produce five aircraft a month by early 2019 before reaching a monthly total of six jets by early 2020 at the Tianjin final assembly line for the A320-family of jets.

 

Currently, it produces four A320 aircraft a month at the facility. From the time it was established in 2008 until the end of 2017, the Tianjin plant assembled and delivered a total of 354 A320s.

 

Also on Tuesday, Airbus signed a Memorandum¹ of Understanding with the National Development and Reform Commission of China.

 

Both sides promised to strengthen industrial cooperation in Tianjin with regards to technical innovation, engineering capabilities² and supply chain expansion.

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