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PAKISTAN’s PAC And CHINA’s AVIC Signed Agreement To Jointly Produce Commercial Aircraft:
All the Praise to ALLAH ALMIGHTY for His Countless Blessings on Brave and Great PAKISTANI Nation as PAKISTAN’s state owned Aircraft Manufacturing Facility PAKISTAN Aeronautical Complex (PAC) has signed an agreement with Aviation Industry Corporation of CHINA for the Joint production of Chinese Commercial Aircrafts in both the countries.
It is worth mention that earlier in 2017, PAKISTAN Aeronautical Complex (PAC) had expressed interest in manufacturing the 10-30 passengers commuters Aircraft to fulfill the growing demands of domestic Air Lines and Air Travels.
Earlier in 2018, PAKISTAN Aeronautical Complex (PAC) has revealed that it actually has undertaken the project for the manufacturing of expanded Aerospace Cluster. Furthermore the Top Senior Officials of PAKISTAN Aeronautical Complex also optimistic to attract the Tier 1-4 production work from leading Aircraft manufacturers as Airbus and Boeing in a bid to support the Kamra Aviation City initiative.
The senior level Officials of PAKISTAN Aeronautical Complex are quite optimistic that the Initiative of Kamra Aviation City will help to further boost domestic airline industry of PAKISTAN.
According to the Kamra Aviation City Initiative, PAC would engage in the indigenous manufacturing of Aircrafts for civil, military purposes and to offer the services of the aircraft along with the supply of its technical parts and modules.
It is worth mentioning that PAKISTAN’s All-Weather Ally and Iron Brother CHINA has already engaged in the manufacturing of different models of Commercial Airlines as ARJ-21, Xian MA60, Xian MA600, Xian MA700, etc. Analysts are predicting that PAKISTAN’s recent agreement to jointly product Commercial Airlines can expand the PAKISTAN’s share and role in the supply chain of different types of Commercial Aircrafts.
It is important mention that PAKISTANI leading Aviation Company Hybrid Aviation is a launch customer of Chinese Xian MA700 Commercial Aircraft in PAKISTAN.
Both PAKISTAN and CHINA have successfully collaborated together for the joint production of State of the Art JF-17 Thunder fighter for the past nearly 3 decades. Now, the JF-17 Thunder Block-3 has been launched and its prototype has witnessed its first ever flight in CHINA back in December 2019.
The JF-17 Thunder Project is a big hit project and acclaimed huge appreciation from different countries of the world. So, the collaboration of PAKISTAN and CHINA in Commercial Airliners will also prove to be very beneficial for the both the Time Tested Brotherly Countries.
It is worth noting that Minister for Trade and Industries for the Russian Federation Denis V Manturov also told the media talks are ongoing between ISLAMABAD and Moscow for the procurement of 6-16 Numbers of Sukhoi SSJ-100 Commercial Air Jets to PAKISTANI State Owned Airline (PIA).
Analysts are also predicting that PAKISTAN may also keen to start the co-production of Russian Commercial Aircrafts in the near future after inducting the necessary industrial base for the manufacturing and servicing of different types of Commercial Aircrafts.
