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Airbus has closed its aircraft production facility in Tianjin outside the Chinese capital Beijing due to the latest coronavirus outbreak, the aviation giant said Wednesday (Feb 5).<\/p>\n
\u201cChina domestic and worldwide travel restrictions are posing some logistical challenges. The Tianjin Final Assembly Line facility is currently closed,\u201d Airbus said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The Tianjin facility, the first of its kind for Airbus outside Europe, is a completion center for single aisle A320 aircraft and can also handle the larger A330.<\/p>\n
Tianjin is a port city 150km from Beijing. Airbus did not indicate when the center might reopen.<\/p>\n
\u201cAirbus is constantly evaluating the situation and monitoring any potential knock-on effects to production and deliveries and will try to mitigate via alternative plans where necessary,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n
More than 20 countries have confirmed cases of the virus, which has infected more than 24,000 people in mainland China.<\/p>\n
The outbreak has prompted the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency, several governments to impose travel restrictions, and airlines to suspend flights to and from China.<\/p>\n