China aims to sell more aircraft to African market

China National Aero-TechnologyImport and Export Cooperation (CATIC) aims to sell more Chinese-made aircraft to Egyptian and African customers, a senior officialfrom CATIC's parent company said Thursday.

"Hopefully, we'll be able to find more partners in the Egyptianand African market with MA60 regional turboprop aircraft," TangXiaoping, a senior official from AVIC I, said at a products-introducing meeting held at the Egyptian Ministry of CivilAviation.

"MA 60 aircraft are designed and tested with internationally-recognized standards," said Tang. "They are quite competitive toother regional commercial jets in the international market both interms of reliability and cost-effectiveness."

During the meeting, CATIC representatives in Egypt used multi-media presentations to familiarize Egyptian civil aviationofficials and business people with the products.

After the meeting, CATIC invited the guests to have a one-hourtest flight with one MA60.

Late Wednesday, two MA60 aircraft, bought by an Zimbabweanairline, stopped over at the Cairo International Airport on its wayto Zimbabwe. It was the first time the Chinese-made MA60 aircraftentered the international market.

Source: Xinhua