How far is the domestic aircraft from delivery?Analysis: Once a relevant license is obtained, it can be delivered this year

[Global Times reporter Zhao Juezhen] Domestic large aircraft C919 ushered in another milestone. Chinese COMAC announced on August 1 that C919 completed the testing of evidence for evidence. Aviation experts interviewed by a reporter from the Global Times believed that the C919 distance was only "one kick". Once the evidence is obtained, C919 is expected to start delivery of customers this year.

On October 30, 2021, at the Nanchang Air Show, domestic large aircraft were noticeable. (Visual China)

What does C919 complete the test flight mean?

On the morning of August 1st, the WeChat public account of the Chinese COSCO's "Big Aircraft" posted a news, officially announced and congratulated the C919 to complete the testing of evidence. "Global Times" reporter noticed that according to the previous news released by COMAC, 6 trial planes of C919 large passenger aircraft have successfully completed all the test flight tasks last month. A summary conference was held at Weinan Airport in Shaanxi.

According to the official website of China Commercial Flying, C919 large passenger planes are large jet civil aircraft developed by my country and have independent intellectual property rights. They use single -channel narrow -body layouts, with a seat level of 158 to 168, 4075 to 5555 kilometers, and the current international aviation market The most common Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 are the same.

As China's first domestic large aircraft, the first prototype of C919 completed the decoration offline in November 2015, and successfully took the first flight in May 2017. After more than 5 years of trial flight work, C919 is getting closer and closer. In June of this year, Xu Xiaolan, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, revealed at a press conference that "the C919 large aircraft has made major breakthroughs and will be delivered soon."

Civil aviation analyst Lin Zhijie told the Global Times reporter on August 1 that after completing all the testing of the testing, the C919 followed the terms shutdown and the document process work. According to Lin Zhijie, a aircraft needs to obtain three certificates before delivery: the first is the model qualification certificate, indicating that the model design of the aircraft meets the requirements; the second is the production license, indicating that the aircraft manufacturing meets the requirements; One is a stand -alone flight certificate, indicating that each aircraft delivered to the customer meets the relevant requirements.

It is expected to deliver customers this year

When the C919 can be obtained, the timetable of another aircraft and domestic new branch aircraft ARJ21 may be referred to. In November 2008, ARJ21 succeeded in flying. On December 16, 2014, ARJ21 completed all the test flights, and obtained the first license issued by the Civil Aviation Administration on December 30, the model qualification certificate. Some analysts believe that according to this rhythm, C919 may obtain a model qualification certificate in August or September. The next step in obtaining evidence is the delivery and commercial operation of the aircraft. During the Shanghai Two Sessions held at the beginning of the year, Wu Yongliang, a member of the Shanghai CPPCC, deputy general manager of China Commercial Aircraft Co., Ltd., and chief accountant, said in an interview with the media that the C919 project is expected to be delivered in 2022. Only have conditions. "

As of June 2022, C919 has accumulated 815 orders for 28 customers. Customers include Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, HNA and other airlines, as well as leasing companies such as National Bank of China Leasing, ICBC Leasing, and Traffic Bank Leasing. In May of this year, the first C919 delivered to China Eastern Airlines first flew at Pudong Airport.

Facing competition has a unique advantage

As a large aircraft developed by China, it will also go abroad after C919, which also needs to work hard to obtain airline certifications from the European Aviation Security Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). According to industry insiders, due to the development of the aviation industry in the United States and Europe, the EASA and FAA's airworthiness certification systems are more complete, many countries will refer to the standards of the two or directly request to enter the country's civil aviation aircraft to meet these standards. Aviation standards have also become a de facto access standard for the international civil aviation industry.

Yang Xunmei, director of the Aviation Aviation Aviation Aviation Aviation Aviation Aviation Aviation Overseas Aircraft, said at the end of last year that civil aircraft is a high degree of internationalization. China has signed a comprehensive bilateral agreement with the United States and Europe to accept the qualified aviation products for each other, and for domestic civil aircraft for domestic civil aircraft Export international markets to create a good bilateral policy environment.

"Just as the 737MAX8 aircraft must be approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration, and then applied to the China Civil Aviation Administration for voyage approval, when C919 is pushed to the international market in the future, under the premise of obtaining the approval of the China Civil Aviation Administration's airworthiness, it must be imported through import The National Aviation Authority is reviewed and approved. We will also fully support domestic civil aircraft to fly to the world according to the needs of the enterprise. "Yang Yanmei said.

Regarding the advantages of the C919, Yang Zhigang, chief of the pre -research chief of China Commercial Flying, previously introduced that most of the performance indicators of the major domestic aircraft are the same as the current Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, and even in terms of pneumatic layout. 737.

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