China To Manufacture Large Jets

Posted On: May 12th, 2008 by Andy
Filed Under: Tags: aerospace aviation jet china boeing airbus.

According to Bloomberg (5/11, Shen), “China aims to build a 150-seat aircraft by 2020 to support the expansion of its domestic travel market and to compete with Boeing and Airbus overseas.” In terms of expansion, the country plans “to triple its fleet of passenger and cargo planes to 4,000 by 2020 as economic growth lifts travel demand in the world’s second-largest aviation market, according to the General Administration of Civil Aviation.”

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