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Q: Does China manufacture its own airplanes?
Read the news about the Russian plane crash in Singapore and how they were trying to find investors and buyers for the Russian made planes. It got me wondering, are the fleet of planes used by Chinese airlines domestically manufactured or imported from someplace with a better track record like say, Germany.
12 years 3 weeks ago in Web & Technology - China
Sure are planes manufactured in China like the Xian MA which is flown by a few companies in China
All the international and larger regional airlines use Boeing and mostly Airbus aircraft as far as I have seen.
According to Wilkipedia, the following planes are actually manufactured in China :
DesignationManufacturerRemarksY-5ShijiazhuangCopy of An-2Y-6 Il-14Y-7Xi'anCopy of An-24Y-8ShaanxiCopy of An-12Y-9ShaanxiMulti-purpose transport, in development and variant of the Y-8 (as Y-8X)Y-10ShanghaiBoeing 707 class airliner, cancelledY-11Harbin7 seats utility aircraftY-12Harbin17 seats utility aircraftMA-60Xi'an60 seats turboprop-powered airliner, upgrade version of Y-7MA-600Xi'an60 seats turboprop-powered airliner, upgrade version of MA-60MA700Xi'an70-to-80 seats turboprop-powered airliner, to be introduced in 2009ARJ-21ACAC70-90 seats advanced regional jet airliner, in developmentC919COMAC168-190 seat twin-jet airliner, in developmentAirbus A320AirbusChinese built version of the European Airbus A320, introduced 2009
