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Boeing breaks ground on Zhoushan B737 facility
March 17th 2017
Boeing plans to break ground on its B737 completion and delivery centre in the Chinese city of Zhoushan at the end of this month, Xinhua has reported, citing officials at the industrial park where Boeing’ first ever overseas completion centre will be located. Read More »
Boeing plans to deliver the first B737 from the facility, located 280kms southwest of Shanghai, in 2018. It plans an output of 100 aircraft a year in the joint-venture with COMAC, but will be the sole owners of the delivery centre.
To accommodate the Boeing plant, Zhoushan’s Putuoshan Airport is undergoing a 750 million yuan (US$109 million) expansion.
Airbus inaugurated an A320 final assembly line in Tianjin in 2009 and it is building an A330 completion and delivery centre next door, with its first delivery to China Southern Airlines on track for September.
