According to one commentator, “China has a large part of the U.S. aviation regulatory system.” This is great news when CAAC has actually copied faa criteria and processes. According to the FAA press release, “its agreement supports the updating of the FAA Aircraft Certification Service`s certification strategy by addressing the needs of stakeholders and encouraging the smooth transfer of products and authorizations worldwide. The congruence between the two countries` regulatory approaches, as The Business Standard found, “could boost the Asian country`s nascent aviation industry and make it easier for companies like Boeing to sell products there.” This agreement supports the updating of the FAA Aircraft Certification Service certification strategy by meeting the needs of stakeholders and promoting the smooth transfer of products and authorizations worldwide. The FAA`s conclusion of the deal could benefit U.S. aerospace companies in the near future. “Chinese airlines will spend more than US$1 trillion on new aircraft over the next two decades to meet the burgeoning demand for air travel, according to a new forecast from Boeing,” according to a cnn News report. This is an important goal for the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer. During the meeting, EASA and CAAC adopted the Technical Implementation Procedures (TIP) that will support the agreement, including with regard to airworthiness. Those administrative and technical procedures shall describe how the two civil aviation regulators will carry out the validation and mutual recognition of product approvals for civil aviation.
What does the agreement allow? This agreement would help China export domestic-developed aircraft, such as the C919 and ARJ-21. FAA and EASA certifications are the ideal imprimatur for COMAC. The ARJ-21, for example, did not look like an FAA certification candidate. This has limited its export potential, even with irresistible prices. An agreement between the two national aviation authorities entered into force on 17 October. While this agreement covers a wide range of aviation-related aspects, including licensing and training of air transport personnel and services, we should focus on the mutual recognition of quotas and the `free movement of civil air products`. October 27 – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) today announced the signing of an implementation agreement under the U.S.-China Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA), which recognizes each other`s regulatory systems for the airworthiness of aeronautical products and articles. The IAP (Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness) document allows each authority to use the authorizations issued by the other for design, production and airworthiness as well as the continuation of airworthiness. The agreement uses the compatibility of certification schemes between the two authorities and fulfills the commitment made by the United States and China in 2005 by creating a BASE. This DPI allows the FAA and CAAC to submit validation requests for all categories of aeronautical products and addresses globalization challenges such as complex business models that separate design and production.
In theory, this agreement will make it easier to accept Chinese-built aircraft within the European Union. The same is, of course, true for EU-built aircraft in China. While there is nothing new to see of European-built aircraft in China (Airbus is the most obvious), the most recent result could be that Chinese aircraft are flying in european skies.