EADS trasladará la producción del C-212 a Indonesia/C-212 assembly set for Indonesian shift

La producción del C-212 de transporte ligero se va a trasladar desde la factoría de EADS en Sevilla, a Indonesia, como parte de la iniciativa de Airbus Military para reducir los costes del modelo y hacerlo mas competitivo y permitir a la factoría producir mas eficientemente el CN-235 y C-295. Airbus Military ya colaboró con Indonesian Aerospace en la producción del CN-235.
EADS estima que el C-212 todavía puede cumplir los requerimiento de países del Sureste asiático, pero siendo ofrecido a un precio inferior. De hecho Airbus Military está cerrando la venta a Tailandia de un número de C-212 para vigiancia pesquera y al parecer cinco unidades han sido vendidas a Vietnam.
El C-212 fue desarrollado inicialmente para el Ejército del Aire en 1971. Desde entonces se han vendido mas de 480 C-212. La versión actual en producción es la -400, con menos de diez años de antigüedad, por lo que EADS no se plantea un sustituto, sino una modernización.
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Future assembly of the C-212 light transport is likely to move to Indonesia as part of an Airbus Military initiative to reduce the type's unit cost and allow its Spanish facilities to be dedicated to producing the larger CN-235 and C-295 models and ir order to produce this aircraft in a competitive way.
Airbus Military has a long-standing partnership with Indonesian Aerospace on the CN-235, and an agreement has been reached to extend this to also include assembly of the C-212.
EADS believes the C-212 can continue to meet requirements for operators in regions such as Asia Pacific, but says they need to be able to offer a cheap price
Airbus Military is close to concluding a deal with Thailand for an undisclosed number of C-212s configured for fisheries protection duties. The company has also been selected to provide Vietnam with five, although a contract has yet to be signed.
Developed initially for the Spanish air force and first flown in 1971, more than 480 C-212s have been ordered. It is now offered in its -400 production standard, a configuration that is less than 10 years old, so Airbus Military is also starting to consider not a replacement for the C-212, but a re-engineering of the aircraft to make it more modern.
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