A state-owned manufacturer on Monday unveiled the first plane produced by a Chinese initiative to compete in the market for large passenger jetliners.
Chinese workers wave flags as a truck pulls out the first twin-engine 158-seater C919 passenger plane made by The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) during a ceremony at the company’s hangar near the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. The first plane produced by a Chinese government initiative to compete in the market for large passenger jetliners has been unveiled in Shanghai. (AP Photo)
China is one of the biggest aviation markets but relies on Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The multibillion-dollar effort to create the homegrown C919 jetliner is aimed at clawing back some of the commercial benefits that flow to foreign suppliers.
The first twin-engine 158-seater C919 passenger plane made by The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) is pulled out of the company’s hangar during a ceremony near the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. The first plane produced by a Chinese government initiative to compete in the market for large passenger jetliners has been unveiled in Shanghai. (AP Photo)
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China showed off the first of the twin-engine planes in a ceremony attended by some 4,000 government officials and other guests at a hangar near Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport.
epa05007026 People celebrate the rolling off of the first C919 passenger jet plane at the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC) in Shanghai, China 02 November 2015. China has spent seven years and huge amount to develop the 158-seat jet to boost its aviation industry, posing a challenge to Airbus and Boeing. EPA/STRINGER CHINA OUT
epa05007027 People celebrate the rolling off of the first C919 passenger jet plane at the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC) in Shanghai, China 02 November 2015. China has spent seven years and huge amount to develop the 158-seat jet to boost its aviation industry, posing a challenge to Airbus and Boeing. EPA/STRINGER CHINA OUT
epa05007034 Workers roll out the first C919 passenger jet plane at the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC) in Shanghai, China02 November 2015. China has spent seven years and huge amount to develop the 158-seat jet to boost its aviation industry, posing a challenge to Airbus and Boeing. EPA/STRINGER CHINA OUT
Monday November 2, 2015