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Comac’s deputy director of marketing, Liu Yan, made the announcement at China’s biggest air show in Zhuhai.
Liu did not disclose the number of aircraft that Beijing-based Air China would purchase or planned delivery dates.
The aircraft maker also announced that Hainan Airlines had placed a firm order for 60 C919 narrowbody and 40 C909 regional jets. Colourful Guizhou Airlines signed a purchase agreement for 30 C909 planes, it added, 20 of which are firm and the remainder provisional.
Comac has said the C929 will have 280 to 400 seats and a range of 12,000km, which is in the same category as Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.
The C929 was renamed in 2023 from the CR929 after Russia left a China-Russia joint venture developing the aircraft.
A report in April from the C929’s fuselage manufacturer said it aimed to deliver the first fuselage section by September 2027.
Comac deputy general manager Tong Yu in May told a group of Hong Kong reporters in Shanghai that a C929 prototype will be seen in the near future and estimated the jet could “soon” take a test flight, according to Hong Kong newspaper Tai Kong Pao.
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