china's new superjet will take to the skies for the first time in test flights later this year the c919, built by the commercial aircraft corporation of china (comac), will be the country's most ambitious effort to date to break into the global aircraft market the latest pictures have shown the final assembly work on the nation's first single aisle airliner, which is currently under construction in shanghai, is well underway progress: the c919, built by the commercial aircraft corporation of china (comac), will be the country's most ambitious effort to date to break into the global aircraft market  connected: assembly of the first prototype airframe is almost complete from nose through to the tail, and the wing to body join has also been done  developed: the single aisle twin engine jetliner has been designed to go head to head with boeing's 737 and airbus a320 in the lucrative aviation market  high tech: the cockpit will feature all of the latest technological advances as china seeks to break into the lucrative aviation market  the single aisle twin engine jetliner has been designed to go head to head with boeing's 737 and airbus a320 in the lucrative aviation market assembly of the first prototype airframe is almost complete, says people's daily, with the main landing gear and forward landing gear also now installed some major works   such as the installation of the avionics, flight control and hydraulics systems   are still to be completed comac c919  wingspan: 354 metres  cruise speed: mach 076  maximum altitude: 12,100 metres  passengers: 168  boeing 737:  wingspan: 358 metres  cruise speed: mach 074  maximum altitude: 12,500 metres  passengers: 210  the various systems will then have to be fully integrated and rigorously tested before the test flight, which is scheduled to happen before the end of this year the various parts of the aircraft   including the nose, front and middle fuselage, wings and tail sections   were designed by the corporation and manufactured in chengdu, shenyang and harbin comac are reported to have already secured more than 450 orders from 18 different customers, most of which are believed to be local airlines and leasing firms the manufacturer is targeting 2017 for c919 certification, with first deliveries also scheduled for that year china is keen to develop a successful commercial aircraft to prove it can match the developed industries of the united states and europe airbus has forecast that china's domestic aviation market will become the world's biggest within the next decade china’s air passenger traffic will increase 8% annually from 2013 to 2032   compared with an expected global annual growth rate of 48%   as many more affluent chinese passengers take to the skies it is hoped that an official date for the first test flight will be announced in the near future almost there: chinese technicians rivet sections of the fuselage together as they assemble china's first domestically made passenger jet plane the c919  comfort: a man tests a business class seat in a model on the first day of the comac c919  final preparations: china is keen to develop a successful commercial aircraft to prove it can match the developed industries of the united states and europe  futuristic: it has been forecast that china's domestic aviation market will become the world's biggest within the next decade 
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