Comac
{{Short description|Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd.
| logo = Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China logo.svg
| logo_size = 150px
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| native_name = {{lang-zh|中国商用飞机有限责任公司}}
| type = State-owned
| industry = Aviation
| founded = {{start date and age|2008|05|11|df=yes}}
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| location_city = Shanghai
| location_country = China
| area_served = Worldwide
| products = {{hlist|C909|C919|C929|C939|C949}}
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| key_people = He Dongfeng (Chairman){{cite web |url=http://english.comac.cc/aboutus/leadership/201403/11/t20140311_1460874.shtml |title=He Dongfeng – Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China |author=Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China |access-date=2020-05-31 |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625141523/http://english.comac.cc/aboutus/leadership/201403/11/t20140311_1460874.shtml |url-status=live }}
Zhao Yuerang (President){{cite web |url=http://english.comac.cc/aboutus/leadership/201403/11/t20140311_1460879.shtml |title=Zhao Yuerang – Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China |author=Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China |access-date=2020-05-31 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210092616/http://english.comac.cc/aboutus/leadership/201403/11/t20140311_1460879.shtml |url-status=dead }}
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{{Infobox Chinese
| title = Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd.
| s = 中国商用飞机有限责任公司
| t = 中國商用飛機有限責任公司
| p = Zhōngguó Shāngyòng Fēijī Yǒuxiàn Zérèn Gōngsī
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| s2 = 中国商飞
| t2 = 中國商飛
| p2 = Zhōngguó Shāngfēi
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The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (Comac, sometimes stylized as COMAC, {{zh|c=中国商用飞机有限责任公司}}) is a Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai.{{cite news |author=An Lu |title=China's jumbo passenger aircraft company established in Shanghai |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/11/content_8144727.htm |work=Xinhua |date=11 May 2008 |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425032718/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/11/content_8144727.htm |archive-date=25 April 2011}} The headquarters are in Pudong, Shanghai.{{cite web |url=http://www.comac.cc/bottom/201001/05/t20100105_319817.shtml |script-title=zh:联系我们 |quote="{{lang|zh-Hans|上海市张杨路25号}}" |publisher=COMAC |date=2010-01-05 |access-date=2020-01-07 |language=zh-cn |archive-date=5 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805040620/http://www.comac.cc/bottom/201001/05/t20100105_319817.shtml |url-status=dead }} The company has a registered capital of RMB 19 billion ({{US$|2.7 billion}} as of May 2008). The corporation is a designer and constructor of large passenger aircraft with capacities of over 150 passengers.
The first aircraft marketed by Comac is the ARJ21 regional jet, which was developed by China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I). This was followed by the C919 narrow-body aircraft, which can seat up to 168 passengers and made its maiden flight in 2017,{{cite news |work=Reuters |title=With maiden jet flight, China enters dog-fight with Boeing, Airbus |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-aviation-comac-flight-takeoff-idUSKBN1810F3 |date=5 May 2017 |access-date=5 May 2017 |archive-date=5 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505084822/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-aviation-comac-flight-takeoff-idUSKBN1810F3 |url-status=live }} entering into commercial service in March 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/7528331.html |title=China Positioning C919 Passenger Jet to Take on Boeing, Airbus |date=14 March 2024 |access-date=13 May 2024 |archive-date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513013343/https://www.voanews.com/a/7528331.html |url-status=live }}
History
= Origins =
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) was established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai. It was established jointly by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), Aluminum Corporation of China, Baosteel Group Corporation, Sinochem Group, Shanghai Guosheng Corporation Limited, and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}
= U.S. sanctions =
{{Further|United States sanctions against China}}
In January 2021, the United States government named Comac as a company "owned or controlled" by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and thereby prohibited any American company or individual from investing in it.{{Cite news |last=Stone |first=Mike |date=2021-01-14 |title=Trump administration adds China's Comac, Xiaomi to Chinese military blacklist |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-comac-military-exclusive-idUSKBN29J2HK |access-date=2021-01-14 |work=Reuters |language=en |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125210232/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-comac-military-exclusive-idUSKBN29J2HK |url-status=live }} In January 2025, Comac was added to a United States Department of Defense list of companies that allegedly work with the PLA.{{Cite web |last=Areddy |first=James T. |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Pentagon Labels More Chinese Companies as Military in Nature |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-labels-more-chinese-companies-as-military-in-nature-bac351b5 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}
Products
File:COMAC B-001A May 2017.jpg in flight]]
For all models beginning with the 919, Comac's naming system for commercial airliners has taken the form of 9X9.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} In November 2024, Comac rebranded the ARJ21 as the C909 to match the format of the other models.{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/programmes/comac-formally-rebrands-arj21-as-c909/160699.article|title=Comac formally rebrands ARJ21 as C909|work=Flightglobal.com|access-date=12 November 2024}}
= Orders and deliveries =
File:COMAC Beijing Aircraft Technology Research Institute (20240101131127).jpg
As of March 2025.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
! Aircraft !! Orders !! Options !! Deliveries !! Backlog | |||
| style="text-align: left" | C909
| 312 || 35 || 169 || 154 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left" | C919{{Cite web |title=China's COMAC to start C919 deliveries in 2022, report says |url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30002-china-comac-c919-to-start-deliveries-in-2022 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=www.aerotime.aero |date=20 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531133943/https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30002-china-comac-c919-to-start-deliveries-in-2022 |url-status=live }}
| 1,005 || 120 || 16 || 989 | |||
| style="text-align:left" | C929
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| style="text-align:left" | C939
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! style="text-align:left" | C949 | | |||
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! style="text-align:left" | Total !! style="text-align:right" | 1,317 !! style="text-align:right" | 155 !! style="text-align:right" | 185 !! style="text-align:right" | 1,143 |
Collaborations
= Bombardier =
On 24 March 2011, Comac and the Canadian company Bombardier Inc. signed a framework agreement for a long-term strategic cooperation on commercial aircraft.{{cite press release |title=COMAC and Bombardier Sign Strategic Agreement on Commercial Aircraft |url=http://www.bombardier.com/en/corporate/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d80167ce7 |publisher=Bombardier |date=24 March 2011 |access-date=25 June 2011 |archive-date=24 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324100903/http://www.bombardier.com/en/corporate/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d80167ce7 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Jon Ostrower |title=Many questions surround Bombardier/Comac partnership |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/04/news-analysis-the-many-questio.html |work=Flight Global |date=1 April 2011 |access-date=25 June 2011 |archive-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406100536/http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/04/news-analysis-the-many-questio.html |url-status=live }}
In May 2017, Bombardier and Comac began holding talks about an investment into Bombardier's passenger jet business.{{cite news |last=Weinland |first=Don |date=18 May 2017 |title=Chinese group in talks to aid struggling jet maker Bombardier |url=https://www.ft.com/content/0003ce56-3ba4-11e7-821a-6027b8a20f23 |work=Financial Times |location=United Kingdom |access-date=18 May 2017 |archive-date=21 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521055035/https://www.ft.com/content/0003ce56-3ba4-11e7-821a-6027b8a20f23 |url-status=live }}
= Boeing =
On 23 September 2015, Boeing announced plans to build a Boeing 737 completion and finishing plant in China.{{Cite web |title=China orders 300 Boeing planes worth $38 billion |website=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/23/china-buy-300-boeing-planes/72681578/ |access-date=23 September 2015 |archive-date=2 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302110800/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/23/china-buy-300-boeing-planes/72681578/ |url-status=live }} The facility will be used to paint exteriors and install interiors into airframes built in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Boeing To Build Its First Offshore Plane Factory In China As Ex-Im Bank Withers |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2015/09/23/boeing-to-build-its-first-offshore-plane-factory-in-china-as-ex-im-bank-withers/ |access-date=23 September 2015 |first=Loren |last=Thompson |website=Forbes |archive-date=9 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009083406/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2015/09/23/boeing-to-build-its-first-offshore-plane-factory-in-china-as-ex-im-bank-withers/ |url-status=live }} The joint-venture plant will be located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang.[http://mobile.shanghaidaily.com/business/transport/Boeing-to-build-plant-in-Zhoushan/shdaily.shtml Boeing to build plant in Zhoushan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082603/http://mobile.shanghaidaily.com/business/transport/Boeing-to-build-plant-in-Zhoushan/shdaily.shtml |date=17 February 2018 }}. Shanghai Daily.
= Ryanair =
In June 2011 Comac and Irish low-cost airline Ryanair signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of the C919, a 200-seat narrow-body commercial jet which will compete with the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/ryanair-and-comac-commercial-aircraft-corp-of-china-sign-c-919-mou-in-paris |title=Ryanair and Comac (Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China) Sign C 919... |access-date=31 August 2012 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212224102/http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/ryanair-and-comac-commercial-aircraft-corp-of-china-sign-c-919-mou-in-paris |url-status=live }}
= UAC =
{{Main|Comac C929}}
China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Co. Ltd. (CRAIC), a joint venture company invested by Comac and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) responsible for the development of a wide-body commercial jet, was established in Shanghai on 22 May 2017. Research and development for the new plane was to be conducted in Moscow, with aircraft to be assembled in Shanghai.[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-05/22/content_29443410.htm "China-Russia joint venture to develop wide-body commercial jet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124235730/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-05/22/content_29443410.htm |date=24 January 2020 }}. China Daily. Subsequently the partnership was dropped, and by November 2023 Comac announced that it would develop the aircraft model (since rebranded C929) on its own. {{cite news |last1=Chua |first1=Alfred |title=Comac confirms 'C929' moniker as widebody enters 'detailed design' stage |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/comac-confirms-c929-moniker-as-widebody-enters-detailed-design-stage/155675.article |work=Flight Global |date=6 November 2023}}
See also
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References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|zh}}
- {{Official website|http://english.comac.cc}} {{in lang|en}}
{{Comac aircraft}}
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{{Aircraft manufacturers of China}}
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