15 February 2008
<a href=’http://www.diamondaircraft.com/’ target=’_blank’>Diamond Aircraft’s</a> move into China (see <a href=’http://www.flyer.co.uk/news/newsfeed.php?artnum=393′ target=’_blank’>our 2006 report</a>) has taken another step forward after the company received production authority for the DA40-TDI from EASA (the European Aviation Safety Agency) in co-operation with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The approval is based on the quality procedures in place at Diamond’s European manufacturing facility in Austria.
The facility at Binzhou is designed to produce up to 1,000 aircraft a year.
Cessna and http://www.flyer.co.uk/news/newsfeed.php?artnum=668> have also recently announced moves into China.
