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COMAC hopes to be a
player in the commercial airplane
. It hopes to compete with industry
such as Boeing and Airbus. COMAC started developing the C919 in 2008. Production began in
2011. In September 2022, it passed the standards to fly
in China. COMAC's first customer was China Eastern Airlines, which bought five of the
. COMAC plans to build 150 planes
year for the next five years. A spokesperson said there were
for more than 1,000 C919s from different Chinese airlines. He hopes
from other countries will soon start making orders. He added that the plane was an "important milestone" for China's aircraft
.
