DGCA attends C929 Aircraft Type Certification Meeting in Shanghai (with photos)

The Director-General of Civil Aviation, Ms Clara Wong, led a Civil Aviation Department (CAD) delegation to attend the Type Certification Meeting for the C929 aircraft, hosted by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in Shanghai today (October 21). This was the first C929 Aircraft Type Certification Meeting jointly held by the CAAC, CAD and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Macao Special Administrative Region to implement the Cooperation Arrangement on Type Certification of the C929 aircraft signed by the three authorities in April this year. Compared with C909 and C919 which were designed mainly for short-haul routes, C929 is the first long-range, wide-body, twin-aisle passenger aircraft being developed by China. With a capacity of 290 seats and a range of 12 000 kilometres, C929 can be used for transoceanic and long-haul intercontinental routes. Ms Wong said that at the invitation of the CAAC, CAD had been actively participating in the C909 and C919 aircraft certification evaluation activities since 2007. CAD was deeply honoured to be invited again by the CAAC to participate in the C929 aircraft certification project. Building upon the successful experience in the ty

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