China’s Comac Sees ‘Substantial’ C919 Plane Orders This Year
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Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, maker of the nation’s first large passenger jet, expects to announce “substantial” new orders for the plane this year, bolstering efforts to challenge Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS.
The company will announce deals for the C919 at “the most appropriate time,” Chen Jin, general manager for sales and marketing at the state-backed planemaker, said yesterday at the Beijing air show. “We will have substantial new orders,” he said, declining to elaborate.