US agreement could bolster sales of Chinese planes

A new agreement with Washington will help pave the way for Chinese-made airplanes like the C919 commercial jet to achieve greater sales worldwide, a senior official from China’s civil aviation watchdog said.

The agreement has created a positive environment and streamlined procedures for Chinese aeronautical products to enter the international market, said Xu Chaoqun, head of the airworthiness certification department at the Civil Aviation Administration of China, in a written interview with China Daily.

The agreement, signed between China’s Civil Aviation Administration and the US Federal Aviation Administration, says aviation authorities from both countries would certify and validate the regulatory standards for aeronautical products from the two countries.

The C919 is China’s homegrown narrow-body jet, which has made several test flights recently and already has received 785 orders from domestic and international customers.

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