On February 20, China's aviation industry ushered in a milestone moment. ** Aviation and COMAC have successfully signed orders for 40 C919 and 10 ARJ21 aircraft, while Henan Aviation Investment has also entered into a purchase agreement with COMAC for six ARJ21 derivatives. This batch of new orders, totaling 56 aircraft, marks a huge breakthrough in the international market for domestic aircraft.
*Aviation has high hopes for this order, saying that this is not only the first batch of orders for the C919 high-tech prototype in the world, but also an important milestone for China's civil aircraft manufacturing technology to officially launch an impact on the normal operation of the high plateau environment. Due to its special operating environment, the high plateau airport has extremely high requirements for the performance of aircraft. The C919 and ARJ21 aircraft are designed to meet these demanding conditions.
As an important part of the C919 aircraft series, the C919 prototype has successfully met the transportation needs of the plateau area through a series of technological innovations and modifications. With a seating capacity of between 140 and 160, the take-off and landing performance is sufficient to cover all high-altitude airports in China. The ARJ21 high-prototype aircraft covers most of China's high plateau airports with its excellent take-off and landing performance and crosswind resistance. In addition, the launch of the ARJ21 fire extinguisher, medical aircraft and emergency rescue command aircraft shows the broad prospects of domestic aircraft in diversified application fields.
This time, ** Airlines not only actively participated in this order, but also launched in-depth cooperation with COMAC. The two sides jointly developed the C919 and ARJ-21 prototype aircraft, making full use of the large amount of data and experience accumulated by the first aviation in the operation of high altitude routes.
With the gradual expansion of C919 production capacity and the acceleration of delivery, the influence of domestic large aircraft in the international market is also increasing. This year, the C919 is expected to achieve more capacity growth, and a number of airlines have also said that they will continue to take delivery of the large domestic aircraft. COMAC also plans to invest tens of billions of yuan in the next few years to expand production capacity to meet the growing demand in domestic and foreign markets.