The good news of China's large aircraft is one after another, C919 has sold a total of 1,200 units, C929 has good news, Boeing, Airbus pressure is even greater.
A total of 1,300 C919s have been sold
The C919 is China's first single-aisle jumbo jetliner independently developed in accordance with international civil aviation standards, aiming to compete with the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 family of passenger aircraft, filling the gap in China's civil airliner market in this class.
Since the birth of C919, especially after its first commercial flight last year, it has received orders from many domestic and foreign airlines, with a total of more than 1,300 aircraft and more than 31 customers around the world.
In order to be able to deliver to customers as quickly as possible, the C919 has established several key production and assembly facilities.
For example, the COMAC final assembly manufacturing center in Shanghai is the main production base of the C919, which includes a number of important facilities such as the final assembly plant, the assembly plant, and the composite materials center to support the whole process of the C919 from component production to final assembly and off-line.
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In addition, the aviation industry Hongdu Nanchang Aviation City also has a production line that undertakes some of the fuselage parts of C919, such as the production of the front fuselage and the middle and rear fuselage. The construction and commissioning of these facilities marks a major step forward in China's large aircraft manufacturing capacity, supporting the C919's leap from design to mass production.
However, considering that the C919 project is in the batch production stage, in order to meet the growing production demand, COMAC and its partners may continue to optimize and expand production capacity.
Recently, the Aviation Industry Planning Institute won the bid for the C919 large passenger aircraft batch production capacity (phase II) construction project. It is expected that by 2028, the annual production of C919 aircraft will reach 150 aircraft.
This shows that in the future, the production speed of our domestic large aircraft C919 will be faster and faster.
In short, the good news of the C919 marks the recognition of China's self-developed civil aircraft in the international market.
COMAC is actively promoting the mass production and delivery preparation of the C919, and the delivery time is expected to be faster and faster, which is a major milestone for China's civil aviation manufacturing industry and a microcosm of China's transformation from a "manufacturing power" to a "manufacturing power".
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There is good news for the C929 again
The good news of the C919 has just been said here, and there is also new progress in the C929, the first intercontinental airliner independently developed by China.
According to reports, the C929 project has entered the detailed design phase and progress has been made in several key areas.
First, apply for airworthiness certification at the end of the year, the Civil Aviation of China Shanghai Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Center revealed that C929 is expected to start applying for airworthiness certification at the end of the year, which is an important milestone, marking the project from the design stage to the actual certification and commercial operation of the preparation stage.
Second, technological breakthrough and cooperation, in the middle of last month, COMAC held a joint research conference on C929, inviting many domestic academicians, scholars, experts and many universities to participate, focusing on solving core technical problems, showing China's determination and ability to promote the C929 project even without Russia's direct participation.
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Third, to improve performance, the C929 is designed with a focus on green aviation concepts, with the goal of reducing carbon emissions by 60% and outperforming competing aircraft economically, thanks to its advanced composite applications, with a current composite material ratio of 51%, which can meet the needs of 95% of route operations.
At present, although the specific delivery time and first flight date have not yet been announced, the progress of the C929, as China's first intercontinental wide-body passenger aircraft, has been closely watched by the aviation industry at home and abroad.
And the C929 project is steadily advancing, with the maturity of the design, the overcoming of key technologies and the adjustment of the international cooperation model, this aircraft is one step closer to the official launch.
China's big planes moved Boeing Airbus cheese
C919 and C929 have come with good news one after another, indicating that domestic large aircraft have risen, and the pattern of the civil aviation market monopolized by the two giants has been broken.
For C919, even without European and American airworthiness certificates, more than 1,300 aircraft were sold, which shows that in Asia, Africa and other markets, C919 still has hope to expand its market share.
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Compared with the C919, the C929 has a longer range, reaching 12,000 kilometers, which is comparable to the Boeing 787, and is a large trunk airliner capable of intercontinental flight, from China to the United States.
Once the C929 is successfully developed, the mainland will truly enter the ranks of civil aviation industry powers.
At the same time, the C919 has already challenged the market share of Boeing and Airbus, and if the C929 is born, Boeing and Airbus' market share may be further reduced.
However, this also involves the issue of airworthiness certificate, and the application scenario of C929 is international routes. Once you want to fly abroad, you will face the problem of airworthiness certificate.
While the C929 can be certified airworthiness by the Civil Aviation Administration of the Continent to carry out routes to places such as Asia, Africa and Latin America, the aviation market in these regions is relatively small. Without access to the European and American markets, the C929's continued operation and development may be challenged.
However, for a model like the C929 that is trying to break into the dominated field of Boeing and Airbus, the difficulty of obtaining airworthiness certificates from Europe and the United States can be imagined.
However, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and with the enhancement of the mainland's comprehensive strength, it is a matter of time before the airworthiness certificate is obtained.