(Finance) – The Chinese aeronautical industry is preparing to propose the new passenger jet to the international market, and in particular to the European one Comac C919which made its debut at Singapore Airshow.
He will be able to do so in the old continent at the end of the process certification by EASAthe European flight safety agency, whose representatives are expected in China at the beginning of July for a first round of evaluation of the new aircraft. They are expected not short times and the first test flight of the C919 by EASA will presumably take place in early 2025.
At the moment, 6 specimens of the C919 operate on internal Chinese routesthe. At present, Air China and two other major Chinese airlines appear to have ordered around a hundred C919s each.
The C919 carries up to 192 passengers and has a range of over 5,500 km, characteristics that make it a competitor to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.