{"id":167822,"date":"2024-08-28T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=167822"},"modified":"2024-08-28T20:58:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T20:58:47","slug":"air-china-and-china-southern-take-delivery-of-their-first-comac-c919-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/08\/air-china-and-china-southern-take-delivery-of-their-first-comac-c919-aircraft.html","title":{"rendered":"Air China and China Southern take delivery of their first COMAC C919 aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Air China and China Southern Airlines<\/strong> will become the second and third Chinese carriers to fly China’s homegrown COMAC C919 passenger jet after receiving their first planes on Wednesday, state-run Chinese Central TV (CCTV) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two state-owned carriers received the C919 at Chinese planemaker COMAC’s Pudong base in Shanghai, according to CCTV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The C919 delivered to Air China has 158 seats, with eight business class and 150 economy class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air China and China Southern are expected to receive another two C919 jets each this year, according to domestic media outlet Yicai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMAC is trying to break into a passenger jet market dominated by Western manufacturers Airbus and Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab that has been hit by aircraft shortages and a Boeing safety crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Airbus delivered 77 aircraft in July<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The C919 entered domestic service in May last year with China Eastern, which flies seven of the jets domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China’s three big state-owned airlines have each ordered 100 C919s, and COMAC has said more than 1,000 have been ordered overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The C919 seats up to 192 people and is in a similar category to Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMAC this year has increased sales and production plans and has been marketing the C919 abroad, especially in Southeast Asia and also to growing aviation market Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also developing a wide-body plane design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhongtai Securities last month said it expected COMAC to be able to produce 100 aircraft a year by around 2030, with total jets produced exceeding 1,000 by 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry sources caution that COMAC is a long way from making inroads internationally, especially without benchmark certifications from the United States or European Union – which COMAC is pursuing – or more efficient planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first C919 delivery to a private airline is expected by year-end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shanghai-based Suparna Airlines, a subsidiary of China’s fourth biggest carrier Hainan Airlines which has 60 C919s on order, has said it eventually aims to fly only C919s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China will more than double its commercial airplane fleet by 2043 and will need 8,830 new planes, Boeing’s annual Commercial Market Outlook said in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With information from Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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