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To: Arran Yuan who wrote (68274)11/17/2010 4:34:00 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218079
 
prospective competitor to the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.

predicting that the market price of the C-919 would be 20 percent cheaper than its foreign competitors

Experts predicted that the involvement of GECAS, which will supply the C-919 engines together with French partner Safran SA, would help lobby the US Federal Aviation Administration to approve the certification of the aircraft.

"GE will want to back up their engines and their commitment by leveraging the Federal Aviation Ad-ministration for certification," Bradley Perrett, Asia-Pacific bureau chief of specialist magazine Aviation Week, said. "The FAA's support will be critical for selling the aircraft to airlines in developed economies."

news.xinhuanet.com



To: Arran Yuan who wrote (68274)11/17/2010 10:29:02 AM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 218079
 
Boeing and Airbus Waver on Reworking Their Smaller Jets
The latest high-stakes maneuvering by Boeing and Airbus does not involve their top-of-the-line models, the 787 Dreamliner and the A380 jumbo jet, but instead their aging smaller workhorses.

nytimes.com