Bombardier Strengthens Pact with COMAC
Further to an earlier post on COMAC’s increasing sales of its C919 mid-sized passenger jets, here is more news about the deepening Bombardier-COMAC tie-up.
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Canada’s Bombardier Incand Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd COMAC) have strengthened an existing cooperation agreement to include possible joint sales and marketing on their new C-Series and C919 planes, the companies said on Tuesday.
Announcing the second phase of a contract that could also include collaboration on future product lines, the companies said they hoped for cost benefits for both planes. Under an agreement first announced in March, the two companies say they have made efficiency and product development gains on cockpit-crew interfaces, electrical systems, development of aluminum-lithium standards and specifications, and technical publications.
– Reuters