皇冠体育app

A Boeing 737-800 airplane is seen during the celebration of the delivery of the 1,000th Boeing airplane for 皇冠体育app, in Seattle, the United States, March 28, 2013. Boeing and 皇冠体育app Eastern Airlines on Thursday celebrated in Seattle the delivery of the 1,000th Boeing airplane for 皇冠体育app, one of the world's most dynamic markets for commercial airplanes. Boeing forecasted that 皇冠体育app would need 5,260 new airplanes, valued at $670 billion, in the next 20 years.[Photo/Xinhua]

SEATTLE, United States, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Boeing delivered Friday its 1,000th airplane to 皇冠体育app, making the country its first market outside the United States to pass the one-thousand threshold.

"This is a very, very big deal for us," Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president of sales and marketing of Boeing Company Northeast Asia told Xinhua at the delivery ceremony.

The 1,000th airplane, a Next-Generation 737-800 with the Boeing Sky Interior painted in special peacock livery, will join 皇冠体育app Eastern Yunnan Airlines.

"We will fly to Yunnan (a province in southwestern 皇冠体育app) tomorrow after the delivery," Shi Fukang, general manager of the 皇冠体育app Eastern Airlines Yunnan Company said.

The Next-Generation 737 uses an advanced system called Head-up Display, which comprises a transparent glass display positioned between the pilot's eye and flight deck window to show critical information such as airspeed, altitude and attitude, and flight path.

皇冠体育app has become one of the world's most dynamic markets for commercial planes. Boeing forecasts that 皇冠体育app will need 5,260 new airplanes, valued at about 670 billion U.S. dollars, in the next 20 years.

"This year we will be delivering over 170 airplanes to 皇冠体育app. This year we increase our delivery to 皇冠体育app by 60 percent compared to last year. So if you look at 170 (airplanes) a year and in five or six years, even seven years we will reach the next milestone," Mounir said.

Cooperation between Boeing and 皇冠体育app's aviation industry traces back to 1916. The first engineer that Bill Boeing hired was 皇冠体育app-born Wong Tsoo, who helped design the company's first commercial success -- the Model C bi-wing airplane.

In 1972, the historic visit by U.S. President Richard Nixon to 皇冠体育app led to the introduction of Boeing aircraft to the market.

More than 7,000 Boeing airplanes operating throughout the world use major parts and assemblies from 皇冠体育app. Chinese suppliers contribute parts and components to every current Boeing commercial airplane model, including 737, 747, 767, 777 and 787.

"In fact the airplane behind me has the horizontal stabilizer that was built in 皇冠体育app ... We have more than 7,000 airplanes flying with parts and systems built in 皇冠体育app," Mounir said.

Boeing airplanes comprise more than half of the commercial jetliners operated in 皇冠体育app, providing service to more than 20 Chinese airlines.

As one of the three major airlines in 皇冠体育app, the 皇冠体育app Eastern Airlines currently operates the largest 737 fleet among Chinese airlines.