Merpati Buys 40 Chinese Airplanes

[aimarraul]

Merpati looks to buy US$1.2b airplanes | The Jakarta Post

JAKARTA: Ailing state-owned airline company PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines plans to buy 40 100-seat ARJ 21-700 jet aircraft from China for approximately US$1.2 billion, a company executive said.

Merpati’s president director Sardjono Jhony said Monday that Merpati has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), AVIC International Holding Corporation and state aircraft firm PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) to buy the planes.

“This year is our golden anniversary and we aim to fly higher and grow stronger,” he told The Jakarta Post.

The airline will receive four RJ 21-700 units in 2013 and the rest will arrive gradually until 2017, Jhony said. “By the end of 2017 we will have 75 airplanes.”

The airline currently has 35 aircraft; 25 of them are operating in a daily basis, including six Boeing 737 series units, five Twin Otters, two Casas, one Fokker-100 and 11 MA 60 11 units.

 

[qwerrty]

c919 getting new orders too

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COMAC signs the agreement of 20 C919 launch orders with BOC Aviation at Singapore Airshow
COMAC secured a total of 235 C919 launch orders

Last Updated (Beijing Time):2012-02-14 Source:News Center of COMAC

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) and BOC Aviation Pte. Ltd. (BOC Aviation) inked an agreement on 20 C919 orders at the opening ceremony of Singapore Airshow on February 14th, 2012. Thus BOC Aviation has become the eleventh launch customer of C919, bringing the total C919 launch orders to 235.

 

[qwerrty]

FAA is behind the testing. quality should be very similar to western made planes if they pass..

ARJ21-700 airplane awarded TIA and enters into CAAC certification flight tests phase
Last Updated (Beijing Time):2012-02-14 Source:News Center of COMAC

The Pre-Flight Type Certification Board (TCB) Meeting for ARJ21-700 was held at Shanghai from February 13th to 14th, 2012. The ARJ21-700 Type Certification Leadership Team of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) signed and issued the type inspection authorization (TIA), which meant that ARJ21-700 aircraft enters into the CAAC certification flight tests phase.

FAA to accept type certification on ARJ21-700

The United States Federation Aviation Administration (FAA) will accept a type certification application of AVIC I Commercial Aircraft Company’s ARJ21-700 that will be sent by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The announcement was made by an FAA official in the China-US Bilateral Airworthiness Senior Management Meeting held in Xi’an on April 2. The FAA will develop a shadow certification for ARJ21-700 under the current transport aircraft airworthiness standards. The preparatory work for the shadow certification has started, which is an important element in the ARJ21-700 application for the type certification. Earning an FAA type certification is a precondition for the ARJ21-700 to enter the world market, an important goal in the aircraft airworthiness examination. Since 2003, bilateral airworthiness authorities from China and the US have negotiated several times about the ARJ21-700 application for FAA type certification and the shadow certification. The FAA established the CAAC Technology Support Office in Shanghai and Beijing. The FAA’s approval of the type certification is a result of the common effort of ACAC and CAA. At the meeting, Luo Ronghuai, assistant general manager of AVIC 1 and general manager of ACAC, said ACAC would follow the strict airworthiness standards of the CAAC and FAA.

 

[Sasquatch]

c919 getting new orders too

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COMAC signs the agreement of 20 C919 launch orders with BOC Aviation at Singapore Airshow
COMAC secured a total of 235 C919 launch orders

Last Updated (Beijing Time):2012-02-14 Source:News Center of COMAC

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) and BOC Aviation Pte. Ltd. (BOC Aviation) inked an agreement on 20 C919 orders at the opening ceremony of Singapore Airshow on February 14th, 2012. Thus BOC Aviation has become the eleventh launch customer of C919, bringing the total C919 launch orders to 235.

Hahah very good.

 

[fly2012]

Good news, I hope the manufacture pays close attention to the quality and don't release plances before it is ready. It takes years to establish brand but it takes only one accident to destroy it.