China's COMAC C919 jetliner makes its maiden flight with Saft ULM batteries on board

摘要

On May 5 2017, COMAC's C919, the largest commercial jetliner designed and built in China, completed its maiden flight with Saft's specialised aviation batteries on board. This follows the decision by AUAE (Xi'an AVIC Hamilton Sundstrand Aviation Electric Co., Ltd.) to place a multi-million dollar contract with Saft to supply ULM batteries for every C919 built over the next 20 years.