1pm PST farewell to B747 production:
https://twitter.com/BoeingAirplanes/status/1620180154159857664
The last delivered is a freighter for Atlas Air:
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One of the advantages Airbus apparently has in the Chinese market is that Airbus has been building planes in China since 2008 – and now has started building widebodies there in addition to narrowbodies.
Airbus’ China assembly facility marks 10 years of quality manufacturing for A320 Family jetliners | Airbus
Boeing apparently only has a plant in China for finishing airframes built in the US – installing seats, painting, etc.
The internationalization of manufacturing companies may have long term effects which we have not recognized. Volkswagen reportedly now build more cars in China than in Germany.
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