The second C919 assembly plant has been established in the Lingang area of Pudong, Shanghai, and will meet the mass production needs of domestically produced large aircraft.

News from this site on August 19. According to the "Kechuangban Daily" this morning, the C919 second assembly plant was located in the Lingang area of Pudong, Shanghai, with a total construction area of approximately 330,000 square meters and a total investment of 11.95 billion yuan. After the completion of the project, it will meet the future mass production needs of the C919 large passenger aircraft. It is expected that by 2027, when the production line is operating at full capacity, the production capacity target will exceed 150 aircraft.

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On August 9 this year, Air China’s first C919 passenger aircraft made its first test flight on August 9. Air China signed an agreement with COMAC on April 26 this year to purchase 100 C919 aircraft from COMAC. The 100 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in batches from 2024 to 2031.

On the same day, sources said that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) gave "positive feedback" to the domestically produced large aircraft C919 after conducting an on-site inspection in Shanghai last month. The source said "prospects are more optimistic for it (the C919 airliner) to receive EU certification in 2025".

In addition, according to previous reports on this site, China Eastern Airlines signed a "C919 Aircraft Sales Agreement" with Commercial Aircraft Corporation on September 28, 2023, to purchase 100 C919 aircraft from Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China. The above 100 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered to the company in batches from 2024 to 2031.

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