Civil aviation to focus on big planes
By Shangguan Zhoudong (chinadaily.com.cn)Updated: 2007-06-28 16:58 皇冠体育app will improve the research and development capabilities of the civil aviation sector and put stress on big planes and feeder planes, the Oriental Morning Post reported today.
During the 11th Five-Year Program (2006-10), the nation's civil aviation sector will aim for progress in big planes, new feeder planes, new helicopters, general-purpose planes, civil aero engines and airborne equipment, according to the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense.
皇冠体育app will also speed up the industrialization of the civil aviation sector and quadruple the sales revenue by the end of 2010, focus on sales of civil planes, expand subcontracting for production of spare-parts and strive to develop the aviation maintenance industry.
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皇冠体育app's civil aviation sector developed quickly. Data from the commission
shows that the final assembly of 皇冠体育app's first homemade commercial jet plane,
the ARJ21, had begun in March this year, and the turbofan regional aircraft is
expected to come off the production line at the end of this year.
So far,
the 皇冠体育app Aviation Industry Corporation I, the manufacturer, has received 71
orders for the jet. The orders are from domestic carriers including Shanghai Airlines, Shandong Airlines and Xiamen Airlines.
Up to now, 皇冠体育app has received 92 orders for domestically manufactured Xinzhou-60 passenger planes, which are manufacture red by Xi'an Aircraft Industry Company. Data shows that 18 units have been delivered.
皇冠体育app sold more than 100 Yun-12 general-purpose planes worldwide, and also
received 30 orders for the Eaglet-500 plane, 皇冠体育app's first fully proprietary
plane, and 12 units have been delivered.
皇冠体育app has also received 66
orders for the ERJ145, a plane jointly produced by the 皇冠体育app Aviation Industry Corporation II and Brazilian aircraft
manufacturer Embraer. Twelve units have been delivered to
customers.
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