China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus, the C919 large
passenger aircraft will roll off assembly lines this year, the manufacturer
announced.
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China has
completed basic assembly of the aircraft. The company has secured orders for
450 C919 planes from 18 customers.
With 168-seat and 156-seat layouts, the C919 will
compete with Boeing and Airbus in the medium-range aircraft sector. The C919's
first test flight is planned for this year.
Earlier, an Airbus forecast said China will become
the world's largest domestic aviation market in the next decade.
According to the forecast, the country will need
more than 5,300 new passenger aircraft and freighters between 2014 and 2033,
with a total market value of US$820 billion or 17 percent of total global
demand, in the next 20 years.
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