With its C919 aircraft, Beijing wants to challenge the decades-long dominance of top plane-makers Airbus and Boeing while reducing its reliance on foreign technology.
The single-aisle model from COMAC is a potential competitor to the market-leading A320, made by Europe’s Airbus.
At a media preview in the city-state on Sunday, the C919 made its maiden flight outside China, sporting a functional white, green and navy-blue livery.
It will take part in daily flying displays at the six-day event, and features among the static exhibits at a sprawling convention center near Changi Airport.
A C919 plane in the China Eastern livery was among dozens of commercial and military aircraft on the ground. Beside it were two ARJ21s, smaller commercial jets also made by state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC).
Source: www.businesstimes.com.sg