Wizz Air strengthens with China

The Hungarian airline Wizz Air uses aircraft assembled in Tianjin, China.

Bloomberg reports that Wizz Air will take delivery of Airbus A321neo aircraft manufactured at a plant in Tianjin, China. The Hungarian airline is the first European customer to take delivery of its aircraft.

According to aircraft tracking websites, the plane made its first flight on 9 June. The plant in Tianjin has so far assembled aircraft from parts shipped there, mainly for China and other Asian countries. Thus, this is the first aircraft to be returned to Europe. In addition to the Chinese production line (FAL Asia), some versions of the narrow-body type are produced in Hamburg (Germany), Toulouse (France) and Mobile (USA), airportal.hu reports.

The plant in Tianjin will play an important role in increasing the global production capacity of the Airbus A320 family to a total of 75 aircraft per month in the second half of the 2020s.