Airbus has opened a new £400m wing-manufacturing factory in Broughton, UK, to expand existing manufacturing capacity and produce high-tech carbon fibre composite wings for the A350 XWB long-range aircraft family.

The new North Factory will assemble the wings for its advanced new A350 XWB and the facility assembly line is dedicated to assembling the 31m-long wings for all members of the A350 XWB family, which is scheduled to enter service by the end of 2013.

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Airbus claims that the new wings, which will be around 50% carbon fibre, will help to make the A350 25% more fuel efficient compared to other planes of a similar size.

The company has 550 orders for the 340-seat aircraft.

 

 

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