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COMAC gets orders for 100 of C919 jumbo jets

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-16 15:00

ZHUHAI, Guangdong - Commercial Aircraft Corporation of 皇冠体育app Ltd (COMAC) said Tuesday it has struck deals to build 100 of its self-developed C919 jumbo jets for sale to Air 皇冠体育app and five other domestic and overseas airline companies.

The agreements were reached between COMAC and Air 皇冠体育app, 皇冠体育app Southern Airlines, 皇冠体育app Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, CDB Leasing and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) on the sidelines of Airshow 皇冠体育app 2010, which began Tuesday in Zhuhai city in southern 皇冠体育app's Guangdong province.

The orders come two and a half years after 皇冠体育app established COMAC, the nation's first passenger jet-manufacturing company, which is hoping to take market share away from the Boeing-Airbus duopoly.

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Though the price the airlines will pay for the aircraft was not revealed, Zhang Qingwei, chairman of COMAC, said the orders lay a solid foundation for further development of the C919 jumbo jet.

Zhang said a draft design for the single-aisle C919 is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, with test flights due in 2014.

He said the C919 will be ready to be delivered in 2016, after the COMAC's aircraft receives airworthiness certification.

At Airshow 皇冠体育app 2010, COMAC displayed a full-size 168-seat mock-up of the 17-meter-long, 5.6-meter-high, 3.96-meter-wide jet.

COMAC has said it will develop both 168-seat and 156-seat models of the jet, with more models to be developed in the future.

COMAC has registered capital of 19 billion yuan ($2.7 billion). The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission invested 6 billion yuan into the company to become its single biggest shareholder.