EUROPE's aviation regulator needs between three and six years to certify Chinese planemaker COMAC's C919 single-aisle commercial jet, reports Reuters.
The european Union Aviation Safety Agency's (EASA) executive director Florian Guillermet said: 'As we informed them officially, the C919 cannot be certified in 2025. We should be certifying the C919 within three to six years.'
The C919-designed to compete with best-selling narrow-body models of dominant planemakers Airbus and Boeing-entered service in China in 2023 after winning domestic safety certification in 2022.
COMAC has previously said it was aiming for certification of the plane by EASA this year, to help it start selling internationally. The C919 currently only flies within China and Hong Kong.
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The european Union Aviation Safety Agency's (EASA) executive director Florian Guillermet said: 'As we informed them officially, the C919 cannot be certified in 2025. We should be certifying the C919 within three to six years.'
The C919-designed to compete with best-selling narrow-body models of dominant planemakers Airbus and Boeing-entered service in China in 2023 after winning domestic safety certification in 2022.
COMAC has previously said it was aiming for certification of the plane by EASA this year, to help it start selling internationally. The C919 currently only flies within China and Hong Kong.
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