Money talks as Chengdu firms up hub credentials

A staff member wears a protective suit at Boaovax Biotechnology in Chengdu Tianfu International Bio-Town. CHINA DAILY As Airbus' first aircraft life-cycle service center outside Europe, it will provide one-stop service for a wide variety of aircraft, covering everything from parking, storage, maintenance, upgrades, dismantling and recycling. Hu Yongdong, a business operator at Airbus China, described the full life-cycle services project as "a miracle in the history of Airbus' external cooperation", adding that through this project, the company will expand its business scope in China to the entire industry chain, offering comprehensive services ranging from component manufacturing, aircraft assembly and delivery to fleet operations, dismantling and high-value component recovery. It is expected to expand to Airbus wide-body aircraft in the third quarter of next year, starting with the disassembly of the A330," Hu said. Starting in 2025, the project will also provide service to Boeing aircraft, initially on narrow-body 737 airliners before expanding to include maintenance and disassembly of widebody 777 airliners.