THE Commercial Aircraft Corporation of china (Comac) the Shanghai-based state-owned planemaker, is renewing its bid for certification for its narrow-bodied C919 to fly beyond its country's shores.
Yang Yang, the company's deputy general manager of marketing and sales, told London's Financial Times the company was aiming for the single-aisle plane to be flying in south-east Asia by 2026 and to gain European certification as early as this year.
'We hope to operate more of the jets domestically in China and to thoroughly identify any issues before bringing them to south-east Asia,' he said.
The Comac C919 made its maiden commercial flight in 2023 and is already flown on domestic routes by Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines. China Eastern will now fly the C919 between Hong Kong and Shanghai, its first regular commercial route outside China's mainland.
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Yang Yang, the company's deputy general manager of marketing and sales, told London's Financial Times the company was aiming for the single-aisle plane to be flying in south-east Asia by 2026 and to gain European certification as early as this year.
'We hope to operate more of the jets domestically in China and to thoroughly identify any issues before bringing them to south-east Asia,' he said.
The Comac C919 made its maiden commercial flight in 2023 and is already flown on domestic routes by Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines. China Eastern will now fly the C919 between Hong Kong and Shanghai, its first regular commercial route outside China's mainland.
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