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Third Airbus A320 delivered to Shenzhen Airlines
August 11, 2009
The third Airbus A320 assembled by Airbus (Tianjin) has been delivered to Shenzhen Airlines.This Airbus A320-200 has a two-class passenger cabin with eight first-class seats and 150 economy-class seats. The maiden flight was from Shenyang via Wuhan to Shenzhen.
At the delivery ceremony Chief Engineer of Shenzhen Airlines, Yi Yun said Shenzhen Airlines would introduce many more A320 series of airbuses in the future.
Airbus (Tianjin) still has eight more Airbuses on the assembly line and coming up for testing.
Shenzhen Post said Airbus (Tianjin) plans to complete 11 A320 series Airbuses and increase its rate of production so that it can assemble four aircrafts a month by the end of 2011.