Boeing has signed an agreement with Chinese plane maker Commercial Aircraft of China (COMAC) to collaborate on research into fuel-efficient technologies.
As part of the agreement, the two aircraft makers will set up the Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Center in Beijing, China.
The jointly funded research centre will study ways to enhance commercial aviation’s fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO, Jim Albaugh, said: "Through this collaboration agreement, Boeing and COMAC will build our relationship and will further sustainable growth and fuel efficiency for China’s fast-growing aviation market."
Albaugh continued: "Our new Technology Center shows that two companies in a competitive industry can partner to make progress on important challenges that cannot be solved by one company alone. That is good for customers and passengers, and it’s the right thing to do."
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By GlobalDataThe companies will also work together with China-based universities and research institutions to enhance knowledge of technologies that include sustainable aviation biofuels, aviation connectivity infrastructure and other areas that enhance commercial aviation’s energy efficiency or reduce the industry’s carbon emissions.
Marc Allen, Boeing China president, said: "This milestone agreement between Boeing and COMAC follows four decades of Boeing partnership with airlines, government agencies, suppliers and research institutions to support the development of China’s aviation industry."
Allen continued: "Our hope is that innovative emissions-reduction technologies developed through the Boeing-COMAC Center will advance aviation in China and around the world."
Boeing estimates that Chinese commercial airlines will require 5,000 new airplanes by 2030.
COMAC is developing the C919 narrow-body aircraft as an alternative to the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737, along with the ARJ21 regional jet.
Image: The two companies have joined hands to develop fuel-efficient technologies to enhance commercial aviation’s fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Photo: Boeing
