Xifei International Aviation Manufacturing (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. started construction of a new A320 fuselage system assembly plant in Tianjin, China, with a capital increase of CNY 85.09 million. The plant will have a total output of 700 fuselage sections from 2020 to 2031, reaching full capacity of 72 sections per year by 2023.
Parker Aerospace, a segment of Parker Hannifin, has been selected by AVIC Aircraft to supply the fly-by-wire flight control actuation system for the MA700 regional turboprop aircraft. The contract was signed at the Farnborough International Airshow.
Dowty Propellers signed a through-life Master Contract with AVIC Aircraft for the design, development, production and in-service support of the propeller system on China's MA700 twin-engine regional aircraft. The contract follows completion of the joint development phase.