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Runway to test flights for jumbo
By Dong Zhen |
November 29, 2011, Tuesday
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ONE of the two runways being built at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai will be used to conduct test flights for the C919, China's own jumbo aircraft, when it is completed in 2014, according to the local construction commission yesterday.
Shen Xiaosu, vice director of the Shanghai Urban Construction and Communications Commission, said construction of the fourth and fifth runways is proceeding on schedule. The fifth runway, located by the sea, would be used to conduct test flights for the domestically-made jumbo jet.
To date, Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, also known as Comac, has attracted orders for 195 aircraft of the 150-seat C919, the Shanghai-based plane maker said, as it seeks to challenge United States-based Boeing and Europe's Airbus.
Comac won an order last week for 30 C919 aircraft from the Bank of Communications' leasing arm, its third deal in about a month for the nation's first passenger jumbo jet.
Comac also won orders for 65 C919s from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Leasing and Sichuan Airlines last month. It has also received firm orders for 100 C919s from China's four biggest carriers - China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Air China and Hainan Airlines - as well as China Development Bank Leasing and GE Capital Aviation Services.
The commission said construction of local support facilities, including research and development, customer service and manufacturing centers, is being carried out in Shanghai. It added that the laboratory to facilitate jet research has already launched trial operation.
The C919 is due to make its first flight in 2014 and enter service within two years, according to Comac. Officials estimated production to be 150 jets annually by 2020.
The construction authority also said the city spent 74.2 billion yuan (US$11.62 billion) on major infrastructure projects in the first 10 months of this year, which is slightly down from the 82.4 billion yuan during the same period a year earlier.
Shanghai Tower, the city's future landscape project, is planned to be completed by 2014, the commission said. The 632-meter skyscraper in Lujiazui area will become the tallest building in China.
Shen Xiaosu, vice director of the Shanghai Urban Construction and Communications Commission, said construction of the fourth and fifth runways is proceeding on schedule. The fifth runway, located by the sea, would be used to conduct test flights for the domestically-made jumbo jet.
To date, Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, also known as Comac, has attracted orders for 195 aircraft of the 150-seat C919, the Shanghai-based plane maker said, as it seeks to challenge United States-based Boeing and Europe's Airbus.
Comac won an order last week for 30 C919 aircraft from the Bank of Communications' leasing arm, its third deal in about a month for the nation's first passenger jumbo jet.
Comac also won orders for 65 C919s from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Leasing and Sichuan Airlines last month. It has also received firm orders for 100 C919s from China's four biggest carriers - China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Air China and Hainan Airlines - as well as China Development Bank Leasing and GE Capital Aviation Services.
The commission said construction of local support facilities, including research and development, customer service and manufacturing centers, is being carried out in Shanghai. It added that the laboratory to facilitate jet research has already launched trial operation.
The C919 is due to make its first flight in 2014 and enter service within two years, according to Comac. Officials estimated production to be 150 jets annually by 2020.
The construction authority also said the city spent 74.2 billion yuan (US$11.62 billion) on major infrastructure projects in the first 10 months of this year, which is slightly down from the 82.4 billion yuan during the same period a year earlier.
Shanghai Tower, the city's future landscape project, is planned to be completed by 2014, the commission said. The 632-meter skyscraper in Lujiazui area will become the tallest building in China.
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