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Brazilian airline looks for to purchase planes from China's COMAC

Brazil's Overall Linhas Aereas, a little freight and charter airline company, aims to become the first firm outside Asia to buy aircraft from China's stateowned planemaker, which is attempting to break into an international traveler jet market dominated by Western makers.

Overall and the Business Aircraft Corporation of China ( COMAC) have remained in talks for months, stated the airline company's. controlling partner Paulo Almada, who will visit COMAC in. October to discuss a possible order of approximately 4 C919 airplanes.

Brazilian Ports and Airports Minister Silvio Costa Filho. stated Total looked for the federal government to share its intentions,. however has actually not provided any official strategy up until now.

A deal might cultivate closer Brazil-China ties in the aviation. sector ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state check out in. November. Yet some market observers have voiced apprehension. about Overall's organization plan for the Chinese jets.

Even if Overall is getting a good deal on the airplane, its. unverified reliability record and absence of support network in. Brazil make it a very dangerous option, PA Consulting Aviation. Partner Carlos Ozores stated.

Total's Almada stated the airline was required to look beyond. standard Western producers such as Jet and. Boeing since they were unable to satisfy need for brand-new. aircrafts as they grapple with supply chain restraints.

Brazil's Embraer has production slots available. from 2026 however only uses passenger jets with under 150 seats.

The market is handling supply shortages, however COMAC. informed us they might provide the aircraft by next March, stated. Almada, who decreased to share documents from the negotiation,. citing a non-disclosure contract.

An offer might be a turning point for Brazil, stated Senator. Rogerio Carvalho of the ruling Workers Party, who took part in. meetings with Total. Brazil would anticipate reciprocity, he added,. with an increase in Chinese demand for Embraer jets.

Embraer thinks about China a crucial market, however has struggled to. find new business there because the 2016 closure of a joint. venture in Harbin.

After Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva checked out. Beijing in 2015, Embraer tattooed an offer to transform 20 of its. airplane into cargo aircrafts with a partner in Lanzhou,. irritating expect guest jet sales to a Chinese airline company.

FUNDING, ACCREDITATION

Talks in between Total and COMAC have consisted of the possibility. of funding from the China Advancement Bank for 80% of the. overall worth in approximately 10 or 12 years, Almada said, including that. each C919 had a market price of about $90 million.

COMAC and the China Development Bank did not right away. respond to requests for comment.

The existing Total fleet includes ATR 42-500 turboprops. and Boeing 737-400 trucks. The C919 seats approximately 192 individuals. and completes in a similar classification to the Boeing 737 and Airbus. A320.

Just 9 C919s are currently in service considering that they began. business operation in May 2023, all with Chinese airlines.

Outdoors China, the only carrier to operate a COMAC airplane is. Indonesian affordable carrier TransNusa, which flies the smaller. ARJ21 local jet, which was licensed a years earlier. A. Brunei-based start-up airline company, GallopAir, has purchased ARJ21s and. C919s.

COMAC this year has actually increased sales and production plans and. has been marketing the C919 outside China.

Almada said Total would fly the C919s on charter-style. flights booked by other airlines on an Aircraft, Team,. Upkeep and Insurance Coverage (ACMI) basis, which the market uses. to fulfill immediate or seasonal demand. Pilots and mechanics would be. trained in China by COMAC, he said.

A major hurdle for the C919 is that it does not have certification. beyond China, particularly benchmark accreditations from the. U.S. and European Union. The European Union Aviation Security. Agency (EASA) is currently assessing the aircraft.

Total would likewise push to get the Chinese planes accredited in. Brazil, Almada stated.

Brazil's civil air travel company ANAC said a formal demand. for accreditation has actually not yet been submitted.

(source: Reuters)