The European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s executive director, Florian Guillermet, told the French publication L’Usine Nouvelle that claims by Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC that its C919 would be certified by the Europeans this year were wrong.

“As we informed them officially, the C919 cannot be certified in 2025,” he said. “We should be certifying the C919 within three to six years.”

Guillermet noted that EASA had been working with COMAC for several years but said it had not yet formally applied to have the…

Source: ch aviation
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