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

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Type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	11 May 2008
Headquarters	Shanghai, China (PRC)
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.
Simplified Chinese	中国商用飞机有限责任公司
Traditional Chinese	中國商用飛機有限責任公司
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó shāng yòng fēijī yǒuxiàn zérèn gōngsī
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国商飞
Traditional Chinese	中國商飛
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó shāngfēi

Factory of COMAC

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (Comac) is a Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai, China. The company has a registered capital of RMB 19 billion (US$2.7 billion as of May 2008). The government-owned corporation is a designer and constructor of large passenger aircraft capacities of over 150 passengers, in an effort aimed at reducing the China's dependency on Boeing and Airbus.

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. The company head office is in Pudong, Shanghai.

The C919, which can seat up to 168 passengers, is meant to compete in the market for single-aisle jets dominated by Airbus Industrie's A320 and Boeing Co.'s 737.

History

Origins

Comac, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, was established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai. It was 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

A Comac ARJ21-700 in flight at the 2010 Zhuhai Airshow

A model of the Comac C919

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.

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	28 November 2008	Late 2015
C919		Twin‑engine, single aisle, short- to medium-range	150−190	2016	Late 2018
Wide-body
C929		Twin‑engine, twin aisle	250−290	proposed
C939		Twin‑engine, twin aisle	270−390	proposed

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.

Products included in the programme include:

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

Boeing collaboration

On September 23, 2015, Boeing announced plans to build a Boeing 737 completion and finishing plant in China. The facility will be used to paint exteriors and install interiors into air-frames built in the United States. The location for the plant has not yet been revealed.

Ryanair agreement

In June 2011 COMAC and Irish low-cost airline Ryanair signed an agreement to co-operate on the development of the C919, a 200-seat single-aisle aircraft which will compete with the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.

See also

• Embraer
• Safran
• United Aircraft Corporation
• List of civil aircraft

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website