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New China firm to make jumbo jets

China has est-ablished a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported yesterday - a step forward in the country's quest to become less dependent on Boeing and Airbus.

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  • Published: 23:52 May 11, 2008
  • Gulf News

Beijing: China has est-ablished a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported on Sunday - a step forward in the country's quest to become less dependent on Boeing and Airbus.

China Commercial Aircraft Co. was established in Shanghai with registered capital of 19 billion yuan ($2.7 billion), the official Xinhua News Agency said.

It said the central government and the Shanghai government are among the major shareholders, as are China's two main aircraft manufacturing and servicing companies, China Aviation Industry Corp. I and China Aviation Industry Corp. II, which were split off from state-owned China Aviation Industry Corp. in 1999.

China's state broadcaster CCTV said the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the central government had committed 6 billion yuan ($86 million), making it the largest investor.

Forecast

Europe's Airbus has forecast that China's domestic market will increase fivefold by 2026. Airbus and Chicago-based rival Boeing dominate the market for commercial airplanes carrying 100 or more people.

Xinhua said Commercial Aircraft Co. will be able to make planes with more than 150 seats. General manager Jin Zhuanglong said in a Xinhua interview that it was too early to say when a Chinese-developed jumbo jet would be taking off, as it would take a long time to develop homegrown talent and do research.

"According to the development history of Airbus and Boeing, the development and success of civil planes cannot be realised by relying on one or two generations," he was quoted as saying.

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