Airbus flies high as it builds new logistics hub in Tianjin

 

[Image courtesy of www.airbus.com] 

CBI member Airbus recently opened Airbus (Tianjin) Logistics in the Tianjin Free Trade Zone Comprehensive Bonded Area in northeastern China.

Through the establishment of its new logistics company in Tianjin, Airbus aims to optimise all transport and logistics activities related to Airbus in China as part of its worldwide supply chain.

A number of Chinese companies are directly involved in manufacturing parts and components for Airbus aircraft. Located in different cities across China, including Harbin, Shenyang, Tianjin, Xi'an, Chengdu, and Shanghai, these companies each have separate supply chains. The new logistics company in Tianjin will help create a more harmonized and streamlined supply chain that will reduce logistics costs and increase the efficiency of the Airbus production lines.

Laurence Barron, Airbus China President, said, "Airbus (Tianjin) Logistics will provide strong support to all industrial exchanges between China and the rest of the world, which are needed as a result of our expanding industrial activities in China. The Airbus logistics centre in Tianjin is another step forward in our cooperation with Tianjin, where we already have the A320 Family Final Assembly Line and Delivery Centre. This improvement in our logistics set-up will also support the production of the A350 XWB, of which five percent of the airframe will be manufactured in China."

Please click here to read the full press release by Airbus.

Comments

[Ben Benjabutr]

I think Airbus approach seems to be more reasonable than that of Boeings. The reason is that Airbus has full control over its facilities but Boeings just tries to outsource important activities to someone else without proper control mechanism.