However, production is reliant on foreign-sourced parts - although homegrown alternatives are in the works - and the goal of producing around 25 C919s by 2030 pales in comparison to the production rate of its larger Western rivals. An airline does not have 86 million passengers by chance these customers have to choose you, according to Pieter Elbers, CEO of Indian low-cost carrier Indigo. The airline is expecting to receive the remaining four aircraft it has ordered from COMAC over the next two years.Ĭhina's push for homegrown aircraft manufacturing comes amid trade and technology conflicts with the US over the last few years. Its first route is set to be between Shanghai and Beijing, starting early next year, according to Xinhua. The plane was certified for safe operations in September. The jet has 164 seats and rivals the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 Max single-aisle models. Its the largest twin-engine aircraft currently flying passengers and is slated to become the largest twin-engine cargo plane. In its Civil Aviation Safety Review for 2017, which examined accidents on large passenger aircraft, the Dutch aviation consulting firm To70 estimated that there were '0.08 fatal accidents per million flights in 2017. It has a width of 7.14 meters, over 0.6 meters wider than its closest rival. In 2017, no one was killed in a commercial jet airliner incident anywhere in the world, making it the safest year ever for big passenger planes. The state-run Xinhua news agency reported that the aircraft made its maiden flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport - a 15-minute journey - as part of the delivery process. Airbus A380 Of course, the widest aircraft is the Airbus A380. The plane had the words "the world's first C919" printed on its side in both Chinese and English.
The C919 narrowbody jet, manufactured by the state-run Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC), was handed over to China Eastern Airlines in a ceremony at an airport in Shanghai. China delivered the first of its domestically produced commercial aircraft on Friday as it hopes to one day challenge the dominance of Boeing and Airbus, state media reported.
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