Russia and China Plan Widebody

摘要

United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) of Russia and the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) have signed an agreement to advance plans to jointly design and develop a new 400-seat, long-range widebody airliner. UAC President Mikhail A Pogosyan and COMAC Chairman Jin Zhuanglong launched the initiative, which involves a feasibility study and delivery of a report to the Russian and Chinese governments in the summer. Pogosyan said the project would take "co-operation between the two countries in aircraft building to a new level". The study follows a provisional agreement signed in 2012 between the two companies to co-operate on jointly developing new airliners. The parties say the programme will be one of the largest international collaborations in the aircraft industry and the technology industries of their nations.