Commercial aircraft
Boeing commercial aircraft is a unit of The Boeing Company, based in Renton, Washington consisting of the Seattle based former Boeing commercial aircraft Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach based Douglas Aircraft division of the previous McDonnell Douglas Corporation. In 2006, Boeing was the world largest commercial aircraft company in terms of orders, overtaking Airbus for the first time since 2000. President and CEO Alan Mulally led Boeing commercial aircraft arm, until he was chosen as CEO of Ford Motor Company on 5 September 2006. He was succeeded by Scott Carson. The Boeing numbering system for commercial aircraft starts with the commercial aircraft model number, e.g. 377 followed by a dash and three digits (two numbers) following the pattern Boeing xxx scc. In common, since the Boeing 707, the model number takes the form of a 7 followed by a digit and then by another 7, e.g. 737.
The chain number is a single digit (s), e.g. 200. The following two digits number (cc) is attributed according to the commercial aircraft company to which the commercial aircraft was first delivered. These two digits are called Boeing customer codes. For instance, a Boeing commercial aircraft 747 400 delivered to Malaysia Airlines would take the designation 747 4H6 while a 777 200 delivered to American Airlines would take the designation 777 223. See List of Boeing commercial aircraft customer codes for a more whole list.
AVIC1 commercial aircraft Co., Ltd. (ACAC) was founded in September 2002, and it is the only Chinese aircraft company that aims at increasing commercial aircraft.
The project adopts new function and supervision mechanism. Commercial aircraft is financed through various channels. ACAC commercial aircraft is gradually to set up and expand the systems in the areas of marketing and sales, advanced production research and development; and perfect the production carry and customer service system for commercial aircraft industry as well. By promoting the venture to develop steadily and healthily, ACAC has committed itself to be the world class commercial aircraft manufacturer.