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 Airbus, however, has a number of other plants in different European locations, reflecting its foundation as a consortium.
-For aircraft assembled in Europe, aircraft parts often move between the different factories and the assembly lines via the use of the [[Airbus Beluga|Beluga]] and [[Airbus BelugaXL|BelugaXL]], a fleet modified aircraft capable of carrying entire sections of fuselage. For aircraft assembled in China and the United States, the parts needed to build an aircraft meet in a single European location where they are loaded onto ships for the final journey to the assembly line.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Appelbaum |first1=Binyamin |last2=Payne |first2=Christopher |date=3 May 2017 |title=A Look Inside Airbus's Epic Assembly Line |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/magazine/a-look-inside-airbuss-epic-assembly-line.html |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hepher |first=Tim |date=24 June 2008 |title=Airbus ships first kit to Chinese assembly plant |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUKL2426853120080624/ |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
+For aircraft assembled in Europe, aircraft parts often move between the different factories and the assembly lines via the use of the [[Airbus Beluga|Beluga]] and [[Airbus BelugaXL|BelugaXL]], a fleet modified aircraft capable of carrying entire sections of fuselage. For aircraft assembled in China and the United States, the parts needed to build an aircraft meet in a single European location where they are loaded onto ships for the final journey to the assembly line.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Appelbaum |first1=Binyamin |last2=Payne |first2=Christopher |date=3 May 2017 |title=A Look Inside Airbus's Epic Assembly Line |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/magazine/a-look-inside-airbuss-epic-assembly-line.html |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hepher |first=Tim |date=24 June 2008 |title=Airbus ships first kit to Chinese assembly plant |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUKL2426853120080624/ |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
 Airbus opened an assembly plant for the A320 family of aircraft in [[Tianjin]], China in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-126381148.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110811092529/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-126381148.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 11 August 2011 |title = Airbus to build A320 jet assembly line in Tianjin in 2006 |publisher=AsiaInfo Services |date = 18 July 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://sify.com/news/international/fullstory.php?a=jgxra8gcbbb&title=Airbus_delivers_first_China-assembled_A320_jet |title = Airbus delivers first China-assembled A320 jet |website = Sify News |date = 23 June 2009 |access-date = 1 October 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141031111635/http://www.sify.com/news/international/fullstory.php?a=jgxra8gcbbb&title=Airbus_delivers_first_China-assembled_A320_jet |archive-date = 31 October 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="eads_20061026_pr">{{cite web|url=http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/06_10_26_agreement_A320_FAL_China.html |title=Airbus signs framework agreement with Chinese consortium on A320 Final Assembly Line in China |publisher=Airbus official |date=26 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214183501/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/06_10_26_agreement_A320_FAL_China.html |archive-date=14 December 2006 }}</ref> Airbus started constructing a $350&nbsp;million component manufacturing plant in [[Harbin]], China in July 2009, which now employs over 1,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=CAICPZ%3ACH&sid=agA3dlq3Jp.o |title = Airbus, Harbin Aircraft form Chinese parts venture |publisher=Bloomberg |date = 16 July 2008 |first = Jiang |last = Jianguo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/JB05Cb02.html |archive-url = https://archive.today/20070614082101/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/JB05Cb02.html |url-status = unfit |archive-date = 14 June 2007 |title = China's commercial aviation in take-off mode |work=Asia Times|date = 8 February 2008 |first = Eugene |last = Kogan}}</ref>  It was fully operational by early 2011,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaminski-Morrow2011-03-01T01:26:58+00:00 |first=David |title=Airbus opens A350 composite rudder plant in China |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/airbus-opens-a350-composite-rudder-plant-in-china/98603.article |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=Flight Global |language=en}}</ref> the 30,000 square metre plant manufactures composite parts and assembles composite work-packages for the A350 XWB, A320 families and future Airbus programmes. Harbin Aircraft Industry Group Corporation, Hafei Aviation Industry Company Ltd, [[AviChina Industry & Technology]] and other Chinese partners hold an 80% stake in the plant while Airbus controls the remaining 20%.<ref name="China Daily">{{cite web |url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/01/content_8342103.htm |title = Airbus starts $350&nbsp;million Harbin plant construction |work=China Daily |date = 1 July 2009}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2021}} In 2022, the Tianjin plant finished upgrading works to allow for production of A321.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-11-airbus-final-assembly-line-asia-assembles-its-first-a321-aircraft|access-date=14 April 2023|website=Airbus|title=Airbus final assembly line