Vietnam’s goal of being producers for Boeing, Airbus dashed
Both Airbus and Boeing have chosen China to build airplane assembling factories. French Airbus has kicked off construction of a helicopter assembling factory in the eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong Province which is expected to be completed by the end of 2018. The factory will be run by Airbus Helicopters and Qingdao Helicopter Aviation Company. Airbus President Guillaume Faury said on May 27 that the first helicopter would be produced by mid-2019, and that with the production capacity of the assembling line, the factory can make 18 H135s every year. China is lacking civilian helicopters for emergency medical and other services because of tight military control over national airspace.
