The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC, Chinese: 中国商用飞机有限责任公司) is a Chinese state-ownedaerospace manufacturer established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai.[3] The headquarters are in Pudong, Shanghai.[4] 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.
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.[7]
Products
Model naming convention
For all models sold beginning with the Comac C919, COMAC's naming system for commercial airliners has taken the form of 9X9.[citation needed]
Aircraft in production or development
Product list and details (date information from Comac)
On 24 March 2011, Comac and the Canadian company Bombardier Inc. signed a framework agreement for a long-term strategic cooperation on commercial aircraft.[14][15]
Products included in the programme include[citation needed]:
In May 2017, Bombardier and Comac began holding talks about an investment into Bombardier's passenger jet business.[16]
Boeing
On 23 September 2015, Boeing announced plans to build a Boeing 737 completion and finishing plant in China.[17] The facility will be used to paint exteriors and install interiors into airframes built in the United States.[18] The joint-venture plant will be located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang.[19]
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.[20]
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 will be conducted in Moscow, and it will be assembled in Shanghai.[21]