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China hopes to build passenger jet

China's ambition of building a large passenger jet by 2020 could be fraught with difficulties, not least competition from global giants Airbus and Boeing, experts said.
Aviation officials said last week that China should act now to build a 150-200 seat "trunk liner" to cater for booming domestic demand, as Boeing and Airbus were busy developing bigger planes.

Time factor

"If China does not roll out its own trunk liner by 2020, then the country will not succeed in 2030 or 2040. So it is really a rush," said Liu Daxiang, a senior official with China Aviation Industry Corporation AVIC I.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/06/20/2003260047

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