Industry AirAsia has taken delivery of the first Airbus A320Neo assembled in Tianjin

“We are very proud to receive the first Airbus A320Neo fully assembled in Tianjin, China and we would like to congratulate Airbus, as well as the Chinese Government for achieving yet another milestone. China is today one of the world’s most important markets for aviation, and we are honoured to be part of the development and rapid growth of China’s civil aviation. We are certainly proud to take delivery of this aircraft fully assembled in Tianjin and have this historic aircraft as part of our fleet”, said Aireen Omar, the Chief Executive Officer of AirAisa.

In 2008 the FALA in Tianjin became the third final assembly line location of Airbus worldwide beside Toulouse in France and Hamburg in Germany. Additionally, it has been the first production line outside of Europe. Now, almost ten years later, 340 aircraft have been delivered and assembled from Tianjin in China. In 2015 Airbus opened an additional assembly line in Mobile, Alabama in the USA.

Airbus launched the A320Neo Family program in December 2010 and the first flight of the A320Neo took place on 25 September 2014. The model, delivered to AirAsia is powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines and is configured with 186 seats.

AirAsia was founded in 1993 and has its headquarter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Air Asia Group has several affiliate airlines in Asian countries including a low cost long haul carrier named Air Asia X. The group operates a fleet of 73 Airbus A320-200, 8 A320Neo and 22 Airbus A330-300. Additionally, the carrier has ordered 261 Airbus A320Neo, 100 A321Neo, 66 A330-900Neo and 10 A350-900. AirAsia is one of the biggest airline customer for Airbus A320 Family.