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China is stepping up its push to break the grip of Boeing and Airbus on the aircraft market, as the state-run maker of the country\u2019s first homegrown passenger jet seeks certifications for it to fly beyond the country\u2019s shores.<\/p>\n

Comac\u2019s heavily subsidised C919, which made its maiden commercial flight in 2023, is already flown on domestic routes by China\u2019s three big state-owned carriers: Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines. From this month, China Eastern will fly the C919 between Hong Kong and Shanghai, its first regular commercial route outside China\u2019s mainland.<\/p>\n

Yang Yang, the company\u2019s deputy general manager of marketing and sales, told the Financial Times the company was aiming for the single-aisle plane to be flying in south-east Asia by 2026 and to gain European certification as early as this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to operate more of the jets domestically in China and to thoroughly identify any issues before\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009bringing them to south-east Asia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The C919 is a pivotal project in President Xi Jinping\u2019s drive for China to move up the technology value chain, with the ultimate aim of challenging the western duopoly of Boeing and Airbus.<\/p>\n

Boeing\u2019s financial woes and delivery delays, as well as wider supply chain problems in the industry that have left it and Airbus facing engine and component shortages, have weighed on the global aviation sector and offered hope for newcomers.<\/p>\n

The world will need 42,430 new aircraft over the next two decades, roughly 80 per cent of which will be single-aisle aircraft, according to an Airbus forecast in 2024. Aviation consultancy IBA predicts that Comac can raise its output of C919s \u2014 16 of which have been delivered to Chinese airlines as of December \u2014 from one to 11 a month by 2040, by which time it can deliver almost 2,000 units of the aircraft.<\/p>\n

However, Jonathan McDonald, IBA\u2019s manager for classic and cargo aircraft, said that while Comac would eventually penetrate export markets, \u201cfor the foreseeable future Airbus and Boeing will be the main suppliers of narrow-bodies to most airlines\u201d.<\/p>\n

Global certification and maintenance support remain significant hurdles to Comac\u2019s ambition for the C919 to operate overseas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a move to boost its international presence, Comac opened new overseas outposts in Singapore and Hong Kong in October.<\/p>\n

The new offices were necessary to help drive new aircraft orders from customers, according to Mayur Patel, head of Asia for OAG Aviation.<\/p>\n

But Richard Aboulafia, managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory, said building \u201celaborate product support facilities in export markets is very hard and expensive work, and a necessary precondition for competing with Airbus and Boeing\u201d.<\/p>\n

While several carriers in Asia have expressed interest in the C919, some executives say privately that they remain hesitant.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaintenance support is the main issue,\u201d said a person close to Indonesia\u2019s TransNusa, which has already received three of Comac\u2019s smaller ARJ21 aircraft and is considering flying the C919.<\/p>\n

The path for Comac to gain overseas certification, particularly from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, is also challenging, according to analysts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIBA does not expect the C919 to be certified in Europe in the immediate future,\u201d McDonald said. \u201cEurope has very strict certification parameters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, certification from the US Federal Aviation Authority is likely to be complicated by US-China tensions.<\/p>\n

EU and US regulators are often the \u201cgold standard\u201d for other global authorities, according to David Yu, an aviation industry expert at NYU Shanghai.<\/p>\n

In parallel with its push with the C919, Comac is also developing its first widebody aircraft, the C929. At one of China\u2019s largest air shows in Zhuhai in November, the company announced that state-owned Air China had become the first airline to pledge to fly the jet, which is aimed at challenging the larger planes made by Airbus and Boeing such as the 787 Dreamliner.<\/p>\n

Sash Tusa, a UK-based aerospace and defence analyst, said that while the C929 offered China another opportunity to prove its technological advancement in the aerospace sector, the country would still probably be reliant on overseas engines for commercial jets. IBA estimates that the C929 will not come into service before 2040.<\/p>\n

For the C919, key components are still western-made. The jet\u2019s engines are supplied by Franco-American venture CFM International while its auxiliary power units are made by US-based Honeywell.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far, [Comac is] building aircraft that are mostly western by value, but with Chinese structures,\u201d said AeroDynamic Advisory\u2019s Aboulafia. \u201cThat makes production ramps dependent on western willingness to continue providing systems, and, given a Trump presidency, there\u2019s no guarantee of that at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comac would probably not be able to get any \u201cfair share of the global market\u201d within the next decade, Tusa said, but would provide an important \u201cimport substitution\u201d for domestic Chinese airlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cAirbus builds in China. Boeing doesn\u2019t,\u201d he said. \u201cSo Comac comes in as the second supplier. Import substitution doesn\u2019t make you a competitor. That makes you an act of state policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by William Langley in Guangzhou<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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