Airbus China plant opens door to massive market

TIANJIN: In a series of vast hangars, dozens of Chinese technicians swarm over fuselages of Airbus A320 planes, foot soldiers in the battle to dominate what will become the world's largest aircraft market.

The nearly completed aircraft at the Airbus assembly plant in the northern city of Tianjin, an hour outside Beijing, are resplendent in the livery of their Chinese airline buyers.