Boeing's 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, China, will deliver its first 737 aircraft in December 2018 to Air China. The facility, a joint venture with COMAC, will ramp up to an annual capacity of 100 aircraft.
Boeing plans to open a new 737 completion and delivery center in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China by the end of 2018. The center, a joint venture with COMAC, will handle cabin installation, painting, flight testing and aircraft maintenance.
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and Russia's United Aircraft Corp (UAC) formally registered a joint venture, China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Corporation Ltd. (CRAIC), to develop and build a wide-body commercial aircraft. The venture will have a research centre in Moscow and assembly line in Shanghai, targeting maiden flight and first delivery in 2025-2028.
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) is reportedly in talks to invest in Bombardier's commercial aerospace division or buy a stake in its CSeries program.
AstroNova was selected by China Electronics Technology Avionics Co. (CETCA) to supply ToughWriter 5 flight deck printers for the Information System on the COMAC C919 aircraft. The printers will be manufactured at AstroNova's Rhode Island plant.
Boeing and COMAC began construction of a 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, China. The facility, Boeing's first overseas 737 production facility, is scheduled to be completed in 2018 and will deliver up to 100 aircraft per year.