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Delta Region Takes Off

On August 1, the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC), headquartered in Shanghai, announced that the single-aisle C919 passenger jet it manufactured had undergone all the test flights necessary for obtaining a national airworthiness certificate. The jet is China’s first self-developed trunk jetliner.

The progress has been fast-tracked by the Yangtze River Delta integrated development strategy, which fosters close cooperation in the region that comprises Shanghai as well as Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

A civil aviation industrial chain has been formed in the region. Aramid fiber honeycomb—an extremely lightweight, high strength, non-metallic honeycomb produced by Advanced Composite Technology Materials Co. Ltd. in Shanghai is used to make the baggage hold

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