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Tianjin Airlines promotes the 6th East Asian Games with a new Airbus A320 logojet

Tianjin Airlines (Tianjin) is promoting the upcoming 6th East Asian Games with this new Airbus A320 logojet.

The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organized and promoted by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA). The games are held every four years with athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam.

The 2013 Games will be held in Tianjin, China from October 6-15, 2013.

Tianjin Airlines is a sponsor of the 2013 Games. The pictured Airbus A320 was dedicated and unveiled at Tianjin Binhai International Airport on the morning of July 15, 2013.

Tianjin Airlines is a joint venture of the Tianjin Municipal Government and the HNA Group.

Copyright Photo: Kok Chwee (K. C.) Sim/AirlinersGallery.com. Formerly operated by defunct Bahrain Air as A9C-BAO, this Airbus A320-214 was leased from GECAS on June 21, 2013 as OE-ICD. The airliner will become B-9963. OE-ICD is pictured taxing at Steletar Airport in Singapore.

China Eastern Airlines takes delivery of the first Airbus A320 with Sharklets

China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing-tip devices, becoming China’s first carrier to do so. The aircraft is also the first Sharklets equipped A320 assembled and delivered in Tianjin, China.

The A320, powered by IAE V2500 engines, features a comfortable two class cabin, seating 158 passengers with eight in business class and 150 in economy. The A320 will make its first commercial flight from Shanghai to Dalian on May 18.

Sharklets are made from light-weight composites and are 2.4 meters tall. They are an option on new-build A320 Family aircraft and standard on all members of the new A320neo family. They offer operators up to four per cent fuel burn reduction on longer range sectors and provide the flexibility of either adding an additional 100 nautical miles range or increased payload capability of up to 450 kilograms.

China Eastern is one of the largest airlines in China and is the first Chinese airline operating Airbus aircraft in 1985. Now it operates an Airbus fleet of over 230 aircraft including A300s, A319s, A320s, A321s, A330s and A340s.

Airbus Tianjin Delivery Centre has delivered 126 aircraft since June 2009 and it plans to deliver 46 aircraft in total in 2013.

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