In recent years, because of the rapid increase in the airline industry and the aging of planes built in the 60's and 70's, major aircraft manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe have, unable to meet rising demand, made the newly industrialized countries partners in cooperation.
近年來，由於全球航空量增加以及大多數六○、七○年代出廠的老飛機面臨「退休」的命運，使得歐美各大航空公司在供不應求的情況下，積極物色勞資較便宜的新興工業化國家，作為新的合作生產對象。