China held a ceremony on Thursday to certify its C919 narrowbody passenger jet, photos on social media showed, representing a in the country's ambitions to challenge Airbus and Boeing in commercial aerospace.
have led to delays in sourcing parts and remain a key risk to ramped up production until China replaces foreign engines and components with homegrown technology.
"Thus, we have an aircraft that is only superficially Chinese but is actually powered by Western technologies and systems," he said. "Turning it into a genuine Chinese aircraft would take well over a decade and many billions of dollars." , though local media have reported the plane is unlikely to enter commercial service with passengers until next year.and it is unclear whether it will be on display or flown at the show in November.
"The C919 will gradually begin to replace single-aisle aircraft made by Boeing and Airbus," in China, a research note by Huaxi Securities said this month. "In the next 20 years, China's demand for narrowbody passenger aircraft like the C919 will be on average 300 per year."
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