Airbus launches first global aircraft recycling project in southwest China -Xinhua
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Airbus launches first global aircraft recycling project in southwest China -Xinhua

BEIJING (Reuters) - Airbus has unveiled its first global aircraft recycling project in aviation hub Chengdu in southwest China, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. The Airbus Lifecycle

   
Representative Image | X/@airbus

Representative Image | X/@airbus

Beijing: Airbus has unveiled its first global aircraft recycling project in aviation hub Chengdu in southwest China, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

The Airbus Lifecycle Services Centre, with investment of 6 billion yuan ($838 million), aims to improve the recycling rate of aircraft components and materials, so that over 90% of an aircraft by weight can be recycled, Xinhua reported.

 

(Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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