Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation

Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation, commonly abbreviated XAC, is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and development enterprise headquartered in Yanliang, Xi'an, Shaanxi. It operates within the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) group and is associated with the design, development, manufacture, and integration of large and medium-sized aircraft. Its activities span military transport aircraft, bombers and fighter-bombers, turboprop airliners, training aircraft, airborne early-warning platforms, and structural components for civil aircraft. The company is particularly important to China's military aviation manufacturing system. Its customers and institutional users include the People's Liberation Army Air Force and the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force. XAC is responsible for production of the Xi'an Y-20, China's largest domestically manufactured military aircraft identified in the reference material. The Y-20 is a heavy turbofan transport aircraft and represents the company's role in producing large airframes for strategic and operational airlift. Other military programs associated with XAC include the H-6 bomber family, the JH-7 Flying Leopard fighter-bomber, trainer and transport derivatives based on the Y-7, and the development of future platforms such as the H-20 strategic stealth bomber and KJ-600 airborne early-warning aircraft. XAC's civil and commercial aviation work includes the MA60 and MA600 turboprop airliners, with the MA700 identified as a program under development. The company has also participated in aircraft manufacturing and international aerospace supply chains through structural work for the ACAC ARJ21 regional jet and Boeing commercial aircraft. Listed examples of supplied or manufactured structures include Boeing 737 vertical fins, horizontal stabilizers, and forward access doors; Boeing 747 trailing-edge ribs and metal forgings; Boeing 747-8 inboard flaps; and components for the Boeing 787. The reference material describes a long-running Boeing 737 Next Generation structural partnership and identifies XAC's Boeing work as part of its international industrial role. The corporation's business therefore combines sovereign military-aircraft programs with commercial manufacturing and supplier activities. Its product portfolio includes complete aircraft, derivatives, developmental programs, and large structural assemblies rather than a single consumer-facing product line. This gives XAC a positioning centered on large-airframe engineering, production scale, military aviation capability, and participation in global aerospace manufacturing. In addition to aircraft production, the company has been associated with partnerships such as Safran Landing Systems, reflecting cooperation with major international aerospace suppliers. In 2020, a corporate reform placed the company as a wholly owned subsidiary of the publicly listed AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group for stock-exchange purposes. The change connected XAC more directly with the listed AVIC Xi'an industrial platform while preserving its role as an operating aircraft manufacturer. The company remains an active enterprise within China's state-owned aviation-industrial system. Its public profile is primarily institutional and technical: it is known through aircraft programs, defense-industrial production, civil-aircraft structures, and the broader AVIC group rather than through consumer marketing.

Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation is based in Yanliang, Xi'an, one of China's major aviation-manufacturing locations. The available reference material presents the company as a developer and producer of large and medium-sized aircraft operating within the AVIC industrial system. A precise founding year and detailed early corporate chronology are not established by the supplied sources, so the company's origins cannot be dated reliably here. Over the course of its documented operations, XAC developed a portfolio spanning military aircraft, civil turboprop airliners, trainers, transports, and structural components. Its military work includes the H-6 bomber, a Chinese-upgraded derivative of the Tupolev Tu-16, and the JH-7 Flying Leopard fighter-bomber. The company is also associated with the Y-7 family of twin-engine turboprop aircraft, including transport and trainer applications. The Y-7 platform provided a basis for the JZY-01 testbed connected with development of the KJ-600 airborne early-warning and control aircraft. The company's role expanded further through large military transport production. XAC is identified as the producer of the Xi'an Y-20, a four-engine turbofan transport aircraft and China's largest internally manufactured military aircraft in the supplied description. The program illustrates XAC's specialization in major airframe structures and large aircraft assembly. Other programs in the reference material include the MA60 and MA600 civil turboprop airliners, while the MA700 is described as under development. The H-8 heavy strategic bomber is listed as cancelled, and the H-20 heavy strategic stealth bomber as under development; these entries should be understood as program-status descriptions rather than evidence of completed production. XAC has also become part of international aerospace manufacturing networks. It has supplied or manufactured structures for the ACAC ARJ21 regional jet and for several Boeing commercial-aircraft programs. Examples include vertical fins, horizontal stabilizers, and forward access doors for the Boeing 737; structural ribs and aluminum and titanium forgings for the Boeing 747; inboard flaps for the Boeing 747-8; and components associated with the Boeing 787. The supplied material describes a partnership involving Boeing 737 Next Generation structures lasting more than three decades, although it does not provide a precise start date. A partnership with Safran Landing Systems is also identified. A significant organizational change occurred in 2020. Under a reform, XAC became a wholly owned subsidiary of the publicly listed AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group Co., Ltd. This restructuring gave the listed AVIC entity the relevant ownership and stock-exchange relationship while XAC continued as an operating aircraft-manufacturing enterprise. The parent company trades in Shenzhen under ticker 000768. The change is an ownership and corporate-structure milestone rather than a new aircraft launch. Today, XAC's documented identity is that of a state-linked Chinese aircraft producer serving both defense and commercial aerospace requirements. Its importance rests on large-aircraft production, military transport capability, bomber and fighter-bomber programs, civil-aircraft structures, and integration into AVIC's broader industrial network. Publicly available material supplied for this dossier does not establish a complete chronology of leadership appointments, founding events, revenue, or current program delivery schedules.

• 2020

  Corporate restructuring under AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group

  [1]Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporationen.wikipedia.org

  Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of the publicly listed AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group as part of a reform affecting its stock-exchange structure.

Large-airframe engineering and manufacturing for Chinese military aviation, civil aviation programs, and international aerospace supply chains.

• Military transport aircraft

  Xi'an Y-20

  A four-engine turbofan military transport aircraft and the largest internally manufactured Chinese military aircraft identified in the reference material. The Y-20 represents XAC's role in producing large airframes for the People's Liberation Army aviation system and is one of the company's principal flagship programs.

• Bomber

  Xi'an H-6

  A Chinese-upgraded twin-engine bomber derived from the Tupolev Tu-16 Badger. The H-6 family is associated with XAC's long-running role in bomber and strategic-aircraft manufacturing for Chinese military users.

• Fighter-bomber

  Xi'an JH-7 Flying Leopard

  A twin-engine fighter-bomber program associated with XAC. It extends the company's military portfolio beyond transport aircraft into tactical strike aviation and forms part of its documented history of producing large and medium combat aircraft.

• Civil turboprop airliner

  Xi'an MA60

  A turboprop regional airliner produced as part of XAC's civil-aircraft portfolio. Its inclusion demonstrates the company's involvement in commercial passenger-aircraft manufacturing alongside defense programs.

• Civil turboprop airliner

  Xi'an MA600

  A turboprop airliner in the MA series. The available reference identifies it as one of XAC's civil aircraft products but does not provide sufficient information here to establish detailed production, delivery, or current-market status.

• Civil turboprop airliner

  Xi'an MA700

  A turboprop airliner program described in the reference material as under development. No reliable launch date, certification date, or production status is supplied.

• Transport and trainer aircraft

  Y-7 and Y-7H

  The Y-7 is a twin-engine turboprop transport aircraft family associated with XAC. The Y-7H is identified as a trainer based on the Y-7-100, while Y-7-derived aircraft also served as the basis for test and special-mission development work.

• Airborne early-warning and control aircraft

  Xi'an KJ-600

  An airborne early-warning and control aircraft program associated with a Y-7-derived development lineage. The Xi'an JZY-01 is identified as a testbed connected with the program. The supplied material does not establish a service-entry date.

• Aerospace components

  Aircraft structures for Boeing programs

  XAC's documented commercial-aerospace work includes structural parts for Boeing aircraft. Listed examples include Boeing 737 vertical fins, horizontal stabilizers, and forward access doors; Boeing 747 trailing-edge ribs and aluminum and titanium forgings; Boeing 747-8 inboard flaps; and components for the Boeing 787. The work places XAC within the international aircraft-supply chain.

• Regional-jet components

  ACAC ARJ21 structures

  XAC is identified as a supplier of wings and fuselage structures for the ACAC ARJ21 Xiangfeng regional jet. This work reflects participation in China's commercial-aircraft industrial programs rather than a complete-aircraft product marketed under the XAC name.

• 2020

  Transfer into the listed AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group structureStrategy

  Background

  A corporate reform changed XAC's relationship with the publicly listed AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group. The restructuring was relevant to the company's ownership and stock-exchange presentation.

  Action taken

  Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group Co., Ltd.

  Aftermath

  XAC continued as an operating aircraft manufacturer within the AVIC system, while the listed AVIC Xi'an entity became the relevant public-company vehicle.

  Source

• 2020

  Corporate reform places Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation under listed AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group[1]Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporationen.wikipedia.org

  M&A

  As part of a corporate reform, Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group Co., Ltd. for stock-exchange purposes.

1. 1Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporationen.wikipedia.org