C919 airliner to debut in 2016   

中国自主研制C919大型客机2016年投放市场

中国商用飞机有限责任公司董事长金壮龙8日在长沙透露，中国自主研制的C919大型客机力争2014年实现首飞，2016年完成试航取证并投放市场。目前累计订单已有280架。

Changsha (CNS) -- The China-made C919 large passenger airliner will take its first test flight in 2014 and be on the market by 2016, Jin Zhuanglong, president of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), said Wednesday.

There are now a total of 280 orders for the planes, Jin said, speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony for a joint venture between Honeywell Aerospace and Boyun New Materials Company of Hunan.

The joint venture will act as the producer and exclusive supplier of landing wheels and brake systems for the C919, Jin added.

The project will enter trial production this year.