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Article: CHINA DISPLAYS JUMBO JET TO WORLD
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- September 14, 2009
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AsiaInfo Services
09-14-2009
China Displays Jumbo Jet to World
SHANGHAI, Sep 14, 2009 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- The sample of C919, China's proprietary jumbo jet, debuted on the Asian Aerospace 2009 held in Hong Kong days ago.
C919 is a medium- and long-distance commercial aircraft with 168 seats, a standard range of 4,075 kilometers and economic life of 90,000 flight hours.
It is the first time that China displayed its jumbo jet in the global market. The top management of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC), C919's manufacturer, hopes that the airplane will share the market with Airbus and The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) in the future.
The sample has a ...