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COMAC reaches the 400-order milestone for the C-919 aircraft

Shanghai, China - The target is performing the first flight by the end of 2015

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) announced it has reached an agreement for the sale of 20 C-919 aircraft, therefore reaching the overall amount of 400 orders for the model. It is an important milestone, considering that during the past years the company had announced that the limit to reach the break-even point for the project was just 400 airplanes. COMAC is a Shanghai-based Chinese...

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Rome, Italy, 10/30/2013 10:53
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