COMAC Expands its Manufacturing Facilities as Orders Mount

COMAC, China's state-owned planemaker, is expanding its production facilities for the domestically developed C919 jets in Shanghai. According to China Aviation Planning and Design Institute (Group) Co. Ltd. (AVIC-CAPDI), a state-owned provider of aviation planning and construction services, the company recently won the bid for the second phase of the C919 large passenger aircraft batch production capacity construction project.

The project, located in Pudong, Shanghai, spans a total construction area of 330,000 square meters. COMAC's headquarters is also situated in Shanghai.

AVIC-APC stated that the completion of the project will cater to the future batch production needs of the C919 large passenger aircraft, thereby enhancing production efficiency and providing robust support for the commercial operation and market competition of domestically produced large aircraft.

The second phase of the project primarily involves the construction of an assembly plant, parts warehouse, and tarmac area. While details about the first phase of the project were not immediately available, this expansion underscores COMAC's efforts to ramp up manufacturing to meet the growing demand and fulfil the hundreds of new orders for the C919 jets.