The very first aircraft recycling center in China will open in Chengdu, in the southwest of the country.

A project by Airbus and its subsidiary Tarmac Aerosave which “commits to investing in the region”.

This unique site outside Europe "allows Airbus to take a position in the aircraft recycling market in China" where an "exponential increase in the number of aircraft withdrawn from the market" is expected in the next 20 years, said Klaus. Roewe, director of customer service at Airbus, quoted in the press release.

A formal agreement must be signed in mid-2022, before the center is scheduled to open at the end of 2023. The site will cover an area of ​​690,000 m² and will have a storage capacity of 125 aircraft.

Several recycling sites in France

Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, hosts the site of the Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac and is at the heart of the aeronautical industry in China.

According to the Airbus press release, Tarmac Aerosave will offer parking services, but also maintenance, modernization, transformation, dismantling and recycling for different types of aircraft.

Another subsidiary of Airbus, Satair, will be installed in the same center with the mission of buying old planes and then reselling them as spare parts.

"This is a new concrete contribution to the sustainable development of the aeronautical industry", welcomed Klaus Roewe.

There are already Tarmac Aerosave sites in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), but also in Teruel (Spain), Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) and Vatry (Marne).

The company, a subsidiary of Airbus, Safran and Suez founded in 2007, has set itself the task of recycling aircraft arriving at the end of their life in an eco-responsible manner, but also provides a storage and maintenance service.

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