COMAC jets for Vietnam show China's push for international market
China's drive to break into foreign aviation markets with its homegrown COMAC jets has intensified, with a push to persuade Vietnam to authorise its planes in the country, according to two people with knowledge of the talks and documents. COMAC's actions in Vietnam demonstrate how the state-owned firm has in the past year embarked on a more deliberate marketing approach to regulators and airlines as it seeks to compete internationally with leading Western planemakers Airbus and Boeing. After months of talks, Vietnam's top private airline VietJet was supposed to start on Jan. 15 the short-term lease for a domestic route of two C909 regional jets operated by crew from China's Chengdu Airlines, according to documents seen by Reuters that provide insight into its strategy.
