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Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd.
中国商用飞机有限责任公司

COMAC factory
Native name	Chinese: 中国商用飞机有限责任公司
Company type	State-owned limited company
Industry	Aviation
Founded	11 May 2008; 15 years ago (11 May 2008)
Headquarters	Pudong, Shanghai , China
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	He Dongfeng (Chairman)[1] Zhao Yuerang (President)[2]
Products	Commercial airliners
Owner	SASAC
Website	www.comac.cc

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC, Chinese: 中国商用飞机有限责任公司) is a Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai.^[3] The headquarters are in Pudong, Shanghai.^[4] The company has a registered capital of RMB 19 billion (US$2.7 billion as of May 2008). The corporation is a designer and constructor of large passenger aircraft with capacities of over 150 passengers.

The first jet to be marketed is the ARJ21 developed by China Aviation Industry Corporation I, which will be followed by the C919, which made its maiden flight in 2017^[5] and has attracted interest from Chinese airlines.^[6] The C919, which can seat up to 168 passengers, is meant to compete in the market for single-aisle jets.

History

Origins

COMAC, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, was established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai. It was established jointly by Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Aluminum Corporation of China, Baosteel Group Corporation, Sinochem Group, Shanghai Guosheng Corporation Limited, and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.^{[citation needed]}

U.S. sanctions

In January 2021, the United States government named COMAC as a company "owned or controlled" by the People's Liberation Army and thereby prohibited any American company or individual from investing in it.

Products

Model naming convention

For all models sold beginning with the Comac C919, COMAC's naming system for commercial airliners has taken the form of 9X9.^{[citation needed]}

Aircraft in production or development

Orders and deliveries

As of March 2024.

Collaborations

Bombardier

On 24 March 2011, Comac and the Canadian company Bombardier Inc. signed a framework agreement for a long-term strategic cooperation on commercial aircraft.^[11][12]

Products included in the programme include^{[citation needed]}:

• Bombardier CRJ-series
• Bombardier CSeries^{[dubious – discuss]}
• Bombardier Q-series
• Comac ARJ21
• Comac C919

In May 2017, Bombardier and Comac began holding talks about an investment into Bombardier's passenger jet business.^[13]

Boeing

On 23 September 2015, Boeing announced plans to build a Boeing 737 completion and finishing plant in China.^[14] The facility will be used to paint exteriors and install interiors into airframes built in the United States.^[15] The joint-venture plant will be located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang.^[16]

Ryanair

In June 2011 COMAC and Irish low-cost airline Ryanair signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of the C919, a 200-seat narrow-body commercial jet which will compete with the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.^[17]

UAC

China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Co. Ltd. (CRAIC), a joint venture company invested by COMAC and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) responsible for the development of a wide-body commercial jet, was established in Shanghai on 22 May 2017. Research and development for the new plane will be conducted in Moscow, and it will be assembled in Shanghai.^[18]