GECAS takes delivery of Airbus’ Tianjin factory first A320neo aircraft to be leased to AirAsia

GECAS is taking delivery of MSN 7803 from Tianjin, China on 25th of October 2017. Leased to AirAsia, this aircraft is the first A320neo from the Tianjin Airbus factory for both AirAsia and GECAS. AirAsia currently has a fleet of 184 delivered aircraft from Airbus, and seven on lease from GECAS. The Airbus Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Tianjin is the first to operate outside of Europe and is designed based on the state-of-the-art A320 Family FAL in Hamburg, Germany. “We are very proud to receive the first Airbus A320neo fully assembled in Tianjin. China is today one of the