But this does not mean that European air carriers will change their Boeing and Airbus to COMAC
Gu Xin, director of the Shanghai Civil Aviation Airworthiness Certification Center of China, said his agency plans to apply for type approval for the COMAC C919 medium-haul passenger jet in the European Union. They expect to receive European certificate for this aircraft in 2025. According to ITHome, the Center will complete all application materials in accordance with normal procedures, including all completed flight experiments.
Gu Xin said that civil aviation all over the world has one standard, which is to ensure the safety of public transport. «We are quite confident that aircraft certified by the Chinese are quite safe», — he said.
It is unknown whether the COMAC C919 is planned to be sold in Europe. However, the price of the aircraft does not play a decisive role, because it is still necessary to train pilots and technical personnel, to have service centers in large European air harbors and the necessary set of consumables and spare parts. Taking all this into account, operating the COMAC C919 in Europe may not be as profitable as in China.