Jetliner to challenge market leaders

BEIJING - The maker of China's largest commercial aircraft, the C919, said it hopes to capture one-third of the country's single-aisle aircraft market in 20 years, breaking the lengthy domination of that market by Boeing and Airbus.

Following the first 100 orders for C919s announced last November, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China will announce new orders next month, said Tian Min, the corporation's chief accountant, at the Aviation Expo China 2011 in Beijing on Wednesday.

The new orders will be signed with customers from home and abroad, said Tian, without elaborating. He did say there will be more than 50 orders.