Friday, June 18, 2010

COMAC C919 May Trump Rival Irkut MC-21

The domestic Chinese market will be the biggest driver for the C919s success, but there is cautious optimism that the Irkut MC-21 could leap into second place behind it but ahead of the CSeries. Earlier this month, the Irkut MC-21 managed to snare a sizeable order from Crecom Burj Resources in Malaysia for fifty airplanes.
"The mainline MC-21 plane will replace the popular Tu-154. It's a very ambitious, colossal project, because by launching the production of MC-21, we are invading the world's elite aircraft making," said United Aircraft Corporation......

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