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Chinese Government donates Y-12 aircraft worth $7.4 million (Linked to Record ID#37733)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$7,589,094
Commitment Year•2014Country of Activity•TongaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•TongaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2014
Start (actual)
Oct 10, 2014
End (actual)
Oct 10, 2014

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the Kingdom of Tonga

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • Real Tonga Airlines

State-owned companies

  • Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd. (AVIC)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates Y-12 aircraft worth $7.4 million (Linked to Record ID#37733)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On October 10, 2014, the Chinese Ambassador to Tonga, Huang Huaguang, and the Prime Minister of Tonga, Vajru, signed a handover certificate of the donation of Y-12 aircraft. The handover ceremony took place in the presence of it over to King Tupou VI at Lupepau'u Airport in Vava'u. The 17-seat aircraft was manufactured in China by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China at a cost of approximately $7.4 million. This was the second aircraft donated to the Government of Tonga by the Chinese Government, the first being an MA60 donated in 2013 (as recorded in Record ID#37733). The total cost of construction for these two planes was $20 million USD. In 2015, it was reported that this plane experienced mechanical issues with the brakes. This plane was at the time operated by Real Tonga Airlines