Phnom Penh International Airport welcomes the first Comac C919 aircraft manufactured in China for a test flight.
The Comac C919 is a narrow-body airliner developed by Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac. The development program was launched in 2008. Production began in December 2011, with the first prototype rolled out on 2 November 2015 and having its maiden flight on 5 May 2017. On 29 September 2022, the C919 received its CAAC type certificate. The first production airframe was delivered to China Eastern Airlines on 9 December 2022 and was put into commercial passenger service on 28 May 2023.
The aircraft, primarily constructed with aluminium alloys, is powered by CFM International LEAP turbofan engines and carries 156 to 168 passengers in a normal operating configuration over up to 5,555 km (3000 nmi; 3,500 mi). In 2023, COMAC announced that it will develop both a shortened and a stretched version of the passenger jet – similar to the sub-variants offered for the competing Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo family.
The C919 aircraft made its debut on foreign soil and staged a fly-by in February at the pre-show of the 2024 Singapore Airshow.
On 4 January 2024, CAAC expressed its intent to work with EASA to validate the C919's airworthiness certificate for Europe.
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Chinese jet maker COMAC eyes Southeast Asia after Singapore debut
Region has big growth potential, but C919 and ARJ21 airliners face regulatory hurdle
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG -- When China's answer to the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 debuted at the Singapore Airshow, it signaled that Southeast Asia would be the first stop for manufacturer COMAC on its journey to go global.
The C919's appearance at Asia's biggest aerospace industry event last month marked the first time the narrow-body jet was shown to the public outside of mainland China or Hong Kong.
COMAC, or Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, signed two deals at the show with Chinese airlines for the C919 and the smaller ARJ21 regional jet. China Eastern Airlines put the C919 into service last year.
But COMAC has ambitions beyond its home market. "Today, we gather at the Singapore Airshow to witness the C919 large passenger aircraft and ARJ21 regional aircraft going abroad and flying to the world," a COMAC representative said at the event.
After the airshow, C919 and ARJ21 jets made multiple stops at Southeast Asian airports, including Kuala Lumpur, for demonstration flights, Malaysian and other media reported.
COMAC is still looking for its first formal order for the C919 from an overseas buyer.
GallopAir, a Brunei-based budget carrier that has yet to start flying, said last year that it had signed a letter of intent to buy 15 each of the C919 and the ARJ21 planes.
There is little public information about GallopAir but it appears to have Chinese connections. CEO Cham Chi said the airline is owned by Chinese businessman Yang Qiang, Reuters reported.
Last year, Sino-Indonesian joint venture TransNusa started flying the ARJ21, becoming the first foreign customer for the plane, which had its first commercial flight in 2016.
State-owned China Aircraft Leasing (CALC), which is backed by financial conglomerate China Everbright Group, controls 49% of TransNusa. The Indonesia-based airline has leased ARJ21s from CALC and has been flying them on routes including Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur.
COMAC brought a total of five ARJs and C919s to the Singapore Airshow. Invited guests received a guided tour of the planes, and demonstration flights were held. The single-aisle C919 seats up to 192 passengers, while the ARJ21 has a maximum capacity of 97.
Interest in COMAC among air show attendees was strong, and the company's indoor booth was crowded with airline executives as well as government and military personnel. A company official said onboard tours of the aircraft were fully booked.
One hurdle COMAC needs to clear to break into the global market is type certification -- regulatory approval for an aircraft's design and components.
Two COMAC planes have already received type certification from Chinese authorities, but not from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration or the European Aviation Safety Agency. Aviation authorities in Southeast Asia often take their cue from Western regulators on type certification. Luc Tytgat, the EASA's acting executive director, told Reuters the C919 "is too new to us to know how easy or difficult it will be" to approve.
The C919 is "really not bringing any particular differentiation to the market," Christian Scherer, chief executive officer of Airbus's commercial aircraft business, said on the sidelines of the Singapore Airshow, adding that Airbus does not expect the plane "to rock the boat in a significant way."
Airbus sees COMAC as a "competitor in the future," and "we welcome the competition," Scherer said.
As China vies with the U.S. and its allies in technology, from semiconductors to space, Beijing is eager to portray COMAC as an eventual challenger to the Boeing-Airbus airliner duopoly.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang named the start of commercial C919 flights as the top item among last year's "significant industrial innovation accomplishments that reached a leading international level" during his first annual government work report at the opening of the National People's Congress on March 5.
Nicknamed "big" or "great" airplane in Mandarin, the C919 is a symbol of China's efforts to catch up with the West.
Members of the C919 project were invited to join the National Day celebration event at the Great Hall of the People in 2022, where Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted them and praised their accomplishment. Xi said the plane "carries the will of the state, the dream of the nation and the hope of the people," state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
COMAC is a product of China's national drive for technological self-reliance and has received unflagging support from the country's leadership since its 2008 founding. It is one of the country's elite "central enterprises," a group of fewer than 100 state-owned groups directly under the control of the central government.
There has been speculation looming over whether Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways would purchase COMAC aircraft. Alex McGowan, Cathay's chief operations and service delivery officer, said on Wednesday that COMAC is indeed one of its "strategic suppliers," but that the airline's focus in terms of narrow-body aircraft is the Airbus A320 series. It has a firm order of 64 planes through 2029, plus owning rights to acquire another 32 of these planes if needed.
Andrew Yuen, director of policy and knowledge transfer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Aviation Policy and Research Centre, said that in the short term, "Cathay may not explore the COMAC aircraft," considering such factors as fleet arrangement and pilot training.
But Shukor Yusof, aviation analyst at Singapore-based consultancy Endau Analytics, said he wouldn't rule out such a deal, noting that Cathay's second-largest shareholder is state-owned Air China, with a 29.9% stake.
"I suppose it would be something within the consideration or the calculation of Cathay," he said, given that deliveries by Airbus and Boeing are taking time as post-pandemic global travel demand rises.
"I think for COMAC to score a big win, they will need a big name to buy the aircraft, so if Cathay does buy the C919, it will be a major coup for COMAC and a critical victory," Yusof added.
Southeast Asia will see 4,200 planes worth of new aircraft demand over the next 20 years, according to Dave Schulte, Boeing's managing director of North East Asia, Southeast Asia & Oceania marketing.
The C919 "is an airplane that we will start to compete against and continue to compete likewise with our counterpart (Airbus)," Schulte said. "I think we'll both be facing similar challenges in terms of adding more competition into the market."
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Region has big growth potential, but C919 and ARJ21 airliners face regulatory hurdle
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG -- When China's answer to the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 debuted at the Singapore Airshow, it signaled that Southeast Asia would be the first stop for manufacturer COMAC on its journey to go global.
The C919's appearance at Asia's biggest aerospace industry event last month marked the first time the narrow-body jet was shown to the public outside of mainland China or Hong Kong.
COMAC, or Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, signed two deals at the show with Chinese airlines for the C919 and the smaller ARJ21 regional jet. China Eastern Airlines put the C919 into service last year.
But COMAC has ambitions beyond its home market. "Today, we gather at the Singapore Airshow to witness the C919 large passenger aircraft and ARJ21 regional aircraft going abroad and flying to the world," a COMAC representative said at the event.
After the airshow, C919 and ARJ21 jets made multiple stops at Southeast Asian airports, including Kuala Lumpur, for demonstration flights, Malaysian and other media reported.
COMAC is still looking for its first formal order for the C919 from an overseas buyer.
GallopAir, a Brunei-based budget carrier that has yet to start flying, said last year that it had signed a letter of intent to buy 15 each of the C919 and the ARJ21 planes.
There is little public information about GallopAir but it appears to have Chinese connections. CEO Cham Chi said the airline is owned by Chinese businessman Yang Qiang, Reuters reported.
Last year, Sino-Indonesian joint venture TransNusa started flying the ARJ21, becoming the first foreign customer for the plane, which had its first commercial flight in 2016.
State-owned China Aircraft Leasing (CALC), which is backed by financial conglomerate China Everbright Group, controls 49% of TransNusa. The Indonesia-based airline has leased ARJ21s from CALC and has been flying them on routes including Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur.
COMAC brought a total of five ARJs and C919s to the Singapore Airshow. Invited guests received a guided tour of the planes, and demonstration flights were held. The single-aisle C919 seats up to 192 passengers, while the ARJ21 has a maximum capacity of 97.
Interest in COMAC among air show attendees was strong, and the company's indoor booth was crowded with airline executives as well as government and military personnel. A company official said onboard tours of the aircraft were fully booked.
One hurdle COMAC needs to clear to break into the global market is type certification -- regulatory approval for an aircraft's design and components.
Two COMAC planes have already received type certification from Chinese authorities, but not from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration or the European Aviation Safety Agency. Aviation authorities in Southeast Asia often take their cue from Western regulators on type certification. Luc Tytgat, the EASA's acting executive director, told Reuters the C919 "is too new to us to know how easy or difficult it will be" to approve.
The C919 is "really not bringing any particular differentiation to the market," Christian Scherer, chief executive officer of Airbus's commercial aircraft business, said on the sidelines of the Singapore Airshow, adding that Airbus does not expect the plane "to rock the boat in a significant way."
Airbus sees COMAC as a "competitor in the future," and "we welcome the competition," Scherer said.
As China vies with the U.S. and its allies in technology, from semiconductors to space, Beijing is eager to portray COMAC as an eventual challenger to the Boeing-Airbus airliner duopoly.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang named the start of commercial C919 flights as the top item among last year's "significant industrial innovation accomplishments that reached a leading international level" during his first annual government work report at the opening of the National People's Congress on March 5.
Nicknamed "big" or "great" airplane in Mandarin, the C919 is a symbol of China's efforts to catch up with the West.
Members of the C919 project were invited to join the National Day celebration event at the Great Hall of the People in 2022, where Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted them and praised their accomplishment. Xi said the plane "carries the will of the state, the dream of the nation and the hope of the people," state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
COMAC is a product of China's national drive for technological self-reliance and has received unflagging support from the country's leadership since its 2008 founding. It is one of the country's elite "central enterprises," a group of fewer than 100 state-owned groups directly under the control of the central government.
There has been speculation looming over whether Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways would purchase COMAC aircraft. Alex McGowan, Cathay's chief operations and service delivery officer, said on Wednesday that COMAC is indeed one of its "strategic suppliers," but that the airline's focus in terms of narrow-body aircraft is the Airbus A320 series. It has a firm order of 64 planes through 2029, plus owning rights to acquire another 32 of these planes if needed.
Andrew Yuen, director of policy and knowledge transfer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Aviation Policy and Research Centre, said that in the short term, "Cathay may not explore the COMAC aircraft," considering such factors as fleet arrangement and pilot training.
But Shukor Yusof, aviation analyst at Singapore-based consultancy Endau Analytics, said he wouldn't rule out such a deal, noting that Cathay's second-largest shareholder is state-owned Air China, with a 29.9% stake.
"I suppose it would be something within the consideration or the calculation of Cathay," he said, given that deliveries by Airbus and Boeing are taking time as post-pandemic global travel demand rises.
"I think for COMAC to score a big win, they will need a big name to buy the aircraft, so if Cathay does buy the C919, it will be a major coup for COMAC and a critical victory," Yusof added.
Southeast Asia will see 4,200 planes worth of new aircraft demand over the next 20 years, according to Dave Schulte, Boeing's managing director of North East Asia, Southeast Asia & Oceania marketing.
The C919 "is an airplane that we will start to compete against and continue to compete likewise with our counterpart (Airbus)," Schulte said. "I think we'll both be facing similar challenges in terms of adding more competition into the market."
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Aerosp ... pore-debut
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