COMAC and Bombardier Sign Strategic Definitive Agreement on Phase II of Long-Term Collaboration
The four initiatives COMAC and Bombardier will collaborate on are: 1) specific areas of the CSeries aircraft flight test activities pertaining to non-flying tasks, 2) implementing and maintaining the common items that were achieved as part of Phase I, 3) sales and marketing, and 4) certain areas of customer services related to training, technical publications and parts distribution.
The second phase of COMAC and Bombardier‘s cooperation is expected to contribute further to enhancing the competitiveness of not only the C919 and CSeries aircraft programs, but also of both COMAC and Bombardier’s overall businesses, and will help with maximizing both parties' cost savings and market shares, while allowing customers of the C919 and the CSeries commercial airliners to realize cost benefits from the operation of both aircraft families.
About COMAC
COMAC, founded in May 2008 and headquartered in Shanghai, is the main organization for implementing the trunk liner and regional aircraft programs of China. It is also mandated to realize the industrialization of Chinese civil aircraft. COMAC is a civil aircraft OEM involved in aircraft integration and is mainly engaged in the research, manufacture, testing, and test flight of civil aircraft and related products, as well as sales and services, lease, and operation of civil aircraft. COMAC is committed to providing customers and passengers with modern civil aircraft with safety, economy, comfort and environmentally friendly characteristics. News and information are available at www.comac.cc.
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Contact
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft
Marc Duchesne
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Bombardier Aerospace
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Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC)
Cheng Fujiang
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