Recently, the Airbus Aircraft Full-Lifecycle Service Project was completed in 
Shuangliu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China, and is expected to 
be put into operation in December. By then, it will provide a one-stop service 
to the global market, covering aircraft parking, storage, maintenance, 
upgrading, retrofitting, dismantling, and recycling.

This project has a total investment of 6 billion yuan, with a total 
construction area of 64,368 square meters. It is planned to build "four centers 
and one platform", including two maintenance hangars, two aviation material 
warehouses, office buildings, and ancillary buildings, according to Shuangliu 
District Government.

The project took 429 days from commencement to completion. Brian Agnew, General 
Manager of Airbus (Chengdu) Aircraft Full-Life Cycle Service Co., Ltd., said, 
"In just 14 months, Shuangliu District has brought various technical 
requirements to this unique factory area. Although Airbus has hundreds of 
industrial facilities worldwide, we are deeply impressed by the speed of 
construction, the level of industrial design, and the quality of construction 
demonstrated by Shuangliu District."

The Airbus Aircraft Full-Lifecycle Service Project is the only aircraft 
recycling project operated by an aircraft manufacturer worldwide. As a unique 
presence in China and even the world, in the past 429 days, all participating 
units in Shuangliu District have concentrated their efforts and resources and 
carried out scientific construction, achieving the "acceleration" of project 
construction.

"The completion of the advanced factory area marks the beginning of the work of 
our operations team," said Brian Agnew. The project will be inspected and 
accepted by the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the European Union 
Aviation Safety Agency.

As an important "chain leader" in promoting the integration and development of 
high-end aviation manufacturing and modern aviation service industries in 
Shuangliu, the project will recover aircraft parts exceeding 90% of the 
aircraft weight, which can be reused through the global second-hand aviation 
material trading market. It is expected to drive the output value to exceed40 
billion yuan by 2030. By then, Airbus will truly form a new development pattern 
of "assembly in the north and servicing in the south" in China.

"The operation of the project will also mark the birth of a new IP for 
Shuangliu's aviation economy." The relevant person in charge of the Shuangliu 
Aviation Economic Zone Management Committee introduced that, led by the Airbus 
project, Shuangliu will gather more upstream and downstream industries to help 
build a strong chain in the aviation industry and leverage the main effect of 
the Airbus project chain to continuously extend the industrial service chain.

Focusing on the civil aviation functional platform, Shuangliu District is 
accelerating the construction of a civil aviation airborne equipment R&D and 
manufacturing center and an international airport technology innovation and 
application transformation space. Additionally, Shuangliu has also planned a 
120-mu (roughly 80,000-square-meter) civil aviation airborne equipment 
industrial park to provide personalized services for enterprises in the 
industry.

Source: Shuangliu District Government, Chengdu