The C919 commercial jet of China's Commercial Aircraft Corporation or COMAC might need to wait up to six years before it can be certified by the European aviation regulator, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing the regulator's executive director.

Florian Guillermet, the executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency or EASA, told a French publication in an interview that COMAC was informed that the jet cannot be certified this year, but it could be certified between three to six years, the report said.

COMAC aims to have the C919, which currently flies within China and Hong Kong, certified by the EASA before it is marketed in global markets, the report said.

COMAC did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment, the report said.

The China-made jet was assembled with the use of components from international companies like GE Aerospace and Safran. It was designed to compete against Airbus and Boeing, the report said.

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