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COMAC aircraft: the ARJ-21 is (almost) ready; new delays for the C-919

Shanghai, China - Chendu Airlines is the first customer for the regional airplane

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) released two important announcements regarding its two main development programmes, that is to say the ARJ-21 and the C-919. The regional aircraft, after a long series of delays, is finally almost ready to be delivered to the first customer, namely Chengdu Airlines. The Chinese carrier had ordered 30 examples of the model in 2010. The first two aircraft...

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Rome, Italy, 05/22/2014 14:11
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