COMAC plans to produce 150 aircraft per year in next 5 years

COMAC is planning to produce 150 aircraft per year in the next five years, according to Zhang Yujin, Deputy General Manager of COMAC, Reuters reports. The first COMAC C919 was delivered to China Eastern late last year and a number of deliveries will follow over the next few years. With an order book of 1,200 aircraft, almost exclusively by Chinese carriers and some foreign lessors, it would take roughly eight years to deliver all planes at this pace. COMAC will be closely looking at customer feedback as it sets out to build an entire production line to support the C919.