DALLAS – The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has announced that the COMAC C919 has finally received its type certificate at a grand ceremony at Beijing Central Airport (PEK).
This means that China’s newest commercial narrow-body aircraft has been granted permission to start operations and deliveries to airlines as early as the end of this year, after passing all the Airworthiness Standards for Transport Aircraft (CCAR-25-R3) under Part 25 of the China Civil Aviation Regulations.
The announcement was expected to take place on September 19. However, as President Xi Jinping needed to quarantine for a period of 10 days read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”