{"id":169431,"date":"2024-11-12T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=169431"},"modified":"2024-11-12T22:48:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T22:48:30","slug":"comac-says-air-china-is-the-first-customer-for-c929-widebody-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/11\/comac-says-air-china-is-the-first-customer-for-c929-widebody-jet.html","title":{"rendered":"COMAC says Air China is the first customer for C929 widebody jet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>COMAC<\/strong> said on Tuesday that <strong>Air China<\/strong> was the first customer for the Chinese planemaker&#8217;s<strong> C929<\/strong> widebody aircraft under development that is designed to compete with twin-aisle models from Airbus and Boeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COMAC&#8217;s deputy director of marketing, Liu Yan, made the announcement at China&#8217;s biggest air show in Zhuhai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liu did not disclose the number of aircraft that Beijing-based Air China would purchase or planned delivery dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/09\/brazilian-airline-seeks-to-buy-chinese-comac-c919-planes.html\">Brazilian airline seeks to buy Chinese COMAC C919 planes<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft maker also announced that Hainan Airlines had placed a firm order for 60 C919 narrowbody and 40 C909 regional jets. Colorful Guizhou Airlines signed a purchase agreement for 30 C909 planes, it added, 20 of which are firm and the remainder provisional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COMAC has said the C929 will have 280 to 400 seats and a range of 12,000 km (7,500 miles), which is in the same category as Boeing&#8217;s 787 Dreamliner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The C929 was renamed in 2023 from the CR929 after Russia left a China-Russia joint venture developing the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report in April from the C929&#8217;s fuselage manufacturer said it aimed to deliver the first fuselage section by September 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COMAC deputy general manager Tong Yu in May told a group of Hong Kong reporters in Shanghai that a C929 prototype will be seen in the near future and estimated the jet could &#8220;soon&#8221; take a test flight, according to Hong Kong newspaper Tai Kong Pao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With information from <a 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