国外媒体:首架中国组装空客A320飞机试飞成功

首架中国组装空客A329飞机在上周完成地面测试后，于5月18日成功完成首次飞行测试。本次测试共进行4个小时16分钟。空客公司生产飞行测试部副总裁、资深测试飞行员哈利·耐尔森表示："此次飞行非常成功，飞机各项性能完全达到预定目标。"

据了解，首次测试飞行任务是由哈利·耐尔森和资深测试飞行员菲利普·佩勒林完成。其他机组成员还包括空中客车公司飞行及综合测试部负责人费尔南多·阿隆索，空中客车公司培养的第一位中国飞行测试工程师任子聃和客舱工程师埃里克·加西亚。

The first China-assembled Airbus A320 plane has made a smooth landing on the second runway in Tianjin Binhai International Airport Monday afternoon, becoming the first Airbus A320 plane assembled outside the Europe made a successful test flight.

The test flight began at 10:40 a.m. when the Airbus A320 was slowly dragged to the second runway by a trailer, and the plane took off 2 minutes later.
This Airbus A320 plane, painted in white and red and printed with the sign of "Sichuan Airlines", made a 4 hours and 16 minutes test flight before its landing.

It is learned that the first Airbus A320 plane assembled in China, which has already been purchased by Beijing-based Dragon Aviation Leasing Co Ltd. and leased to Sichuan Airlines, will be delivered to Sichuan Airlines for operation by the end of June.

The goal of Airbus (Tianjin) final assembly line is to deliver a total of 11 aircrafts by the end of 2009, to China's Hainan Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines for operating respectively.

The Airbus (Tianjin) is planning to produce 2 aircrafts per month by the end of this year and reach the maximum production capacity of 4 aircrafts per month by the end of 2011.

Tianjin is the third city which have the Airbus final assembly line besides Toulouse in France and Hamburg in Germany.

Toulouse  图卢兹，法国南部城市
Hamburg 汉堡，德国西北部城市