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Russia and China are both in the small mainline-jet market. Russia with the Sukhoi SuperJet, China with the Comac C919. China's AICC is also buying the rights
by ubernostrum 8y ago
Russia and China are both in the small mainline-jet market. Russia with the Sukhoi SuperJet, China with the Comac C919.
China's AICC is also buying the rights to produce An-225s, including the tooling and training, supposedly in order to jump forward a bit more on engine tech (the C919 will use CFM Leap engines built overseas.
- pouetpouet 8y agoJapan will also have the Mitsubishi Regional Jet with 90 seats.
- ubernostrum 8y agoThey're developing it, yes. But I'm not expecting it to be much of a success, assuming it ever properly goes on the market at all. Russia and China have a bit more leverage to get their airlines to buy home-grown aircraft.