Chinese Jumbo Jet

China to establish jumbo passenger aircraft company
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-01-07 17:41
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-01/07/content_6376074.htm
China has set a March deadline to establish its first jumbo passenger
aircraft company, as it moves to positions itself among countries
technically capable of manufacturing large jets.

Huang Qiang, secretary general of the Commission of Science Technology
and Industry for National Defense (CSTIND), told Xinhua on Monday a
director and a chief engineer of research would be appointed by then
to make sure "the work goes as planned".

Previously, Shanghai Securities News reported the start-up would only
be responsible for the design and assembly of jumbo aircraft, while
the production of components and parts would be left to other aviation
enterprises.

It was the latest development of the research project approved in
principle by China's Cabinet, the State Council, last February. This
was to make the country capable of building aircraft with a take-off
weight of more than 100 tons, or planes with more than 150 seats.

Currently, only the United States, Russia, France, Germany, Britain
and Spain have the capability to build jumbo aircraft, with Boeing and
Airbus taking a lion's share of sales in the international market.

Just before the New Year holiday, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited
the Avic I Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company to give a pep talk
on the manufacturing of jumbo jets. Last year, the company made China
the fourth country to develop its own advanced fighter aircraft - the
"Jian 10".

During his talks with technicians, Wen emphasized a China-made jumbo
aircraft as a "significant strategy" of the country. This would lift
the country's competence in the global market as a slew of technical
breakthroughs, especially in engine, materials and electronic
equipment, were to be made.

The maiden flight of the ARJII1, China's first 90-seat regional jet,
widely viewed as a step closer to jumbo jets, was scheduled for this
year.


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