"I believe that in the not too distant future, we will be neck-and-neck with Boeing and Airbus." At the moment, though, Boeing (BA.N) and Airbus (AIR.PA) remain far ahead in terms of sales, technical know-how and order books. The plane, which can carry 158-168 passengers, had no passenger seats installed for the maiden flight. China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) is the launch customer for the plane, which COMAC says has 570 orders from 23 customers. Then there is also the daunting task of selling the jet in a global market dominated by Boeing and Airbus.

Source: bd News24 May 05, 2017 09:45 UTC