Comac

"COMAC" redirects here. For other uses, see COMAC (disambiguation).

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd.
中国商用飞机有限责任公司

Type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	Shanghai (May 11, 2008)
Headquarters	Shanghai, China
Key people	Zhang Qingwei, Chairman of the Board Jin Zhuanglong, General manager
Products	Commercial airliners
Parent	AVIC
Website	http://www.comac.cc/

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd., or Comac, (Chinese: 中国商用飞机有限责任公司) is a Chinese aerospace manufacturer established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai, China.^[1] The company has a registered capital of RMB 19 billion (US$2.7 billion as of May 2008). This government-owned corporation will specifically design and eventually build large passenger aircraft with a capacity of over 150 passengers to reduce the country's dependency on Boeing and Airbus.^[2]

The first jet to be marketed is the ARJ21, developed by AVIC I which will be followed by the C919, planned for release in 2016.^[3]

History

Origins

Comac, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, was established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai. It is established jointly by Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Aluminum Corporation of China, Baosteel Group Corporation, Sinochem Group, Shanghai Guosheng Corporation Limited , and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

Products

Model naming convention

For all models sold beginning with the Comac C919, COMAC's naming system for commercial airliners has taken the form of 9X9.^{[citation needed]}

Aircraft in production or development

Product list and details (date information from Comac)

Aircraft	Variants	Description	Capacity	First Flight	Launch Customer First Delivery	Production Ceased
Narrow-body
ARJ21	700,900,F,B	Twin‑engine, single aisle, short-range	70‑105	November 28, 2008	Chengdu Airlines 2012
C919		Twin‑engine, single aisle, short- to medium-range	150‑190	2014
Wide-body
C929		Twin‑engine, twin aisle	???‑290

Bombardier collaboration

On 24 March 2011, Comac and Bombardier Inc. signed a framework agreement for a long-term strategic cooperation on commercial aircraft. The intention is to break the near-duopoly of Airbus and Boeing.^[4][5]

Products included in the programme include:

• Bombardier CRJ-series
• Bombardier CSeries
• Bombardier Q-series
• Comac ARJ21
• Comac C919

See also

• Airbus
• Boeing
• Bombardier
• Embraer
• United Aircraft Corporation
• List of civil aircraft

References

1. ^ An Lu (Sunday, 11 May 2008). "China's jumbo passenger aircraft company established in Shanghai". Xinhua. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/11/content_8144727.htm. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
2. ^ Staff writers (Sunday, 11 May 2008). "Chinese plane business gets wings". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7394596.stm. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
3. ^ Ben Sandilands (8 September 2009). "China models its airliner ambitions". Crikey. http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/09/08/china-models-its-airliner-ambitions/. Retrieved 8 September 2009. 
4. ^ "COMAC and Bombardier Sign Strategic Agreement on Commercial Aircraft" (Press release). Bombardier. 24 March 2011. http://www.bombardier.com/en/corporate/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d80167ce7. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
5. ^ Jon Ostrower (1 April 2011). "Many questions surround Bombardier/Comac partnership". Flight Global. http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/04/news-analysis-the-many-questio.html. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 

External links

• Comac official website