For the Chinese aerospace sector, the homegrownCOMAC C919 is viewed as the great hope when it comes to breaking the Airbus-Boeing manufacturing duopoly that currently dominates the narrowbody twinjet ...

BEIJING/SEOUL, May 30 (Reuters) - China's C919 jet is set to make its first commercial flight outside mainland China on Saturday - albeit to the Chinese territory of Hong Kong - just over a year after ...

For the past few decades, there have been two major players in the commercial aircraft sector — Boeing and Airbus. Now, there is a rising challenger looking to break the stranglehold of the dominant ...

SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) - Europe's aviation regulator needs between three and six years to certify Chinese planemaker COMAC's C919 single-aisle commercial jet, the agency's executive director told a ...

Comac displayed a model of a shortened C919 at Singapore Airshow 2024. Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images SINGAPORE—The shortened variant of the Comac C919, designated the C919-600, has broken cover, ...

The conversation around China’s COMAC C919 has once again shifted from engineering milestones to regulatory limbo. The C919, billed as Beijing’s answer to the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX, has ...

China’s three largest carriers expect a marked increase in deliveries of Comac’s C919 narrowbody jet this year, according to their latest fleet plans. China’s three largest carriers expect a marked ...

LE BOURGET—Comac is lining up several more commercial airliners to enter service but has no plans to develop a supersonic jet. Among the additional offerings are two more versions of the C919 followed ...

Comac’s C919 is making its Dubai air show debut this week as the airframer seeks to drum up business from outside its home region. A Comac-liveried example of the CFM International Leap-1C-powered jet ...

China's first passenger jet, the Comac C909, celebrated nine years since its maiden flight. Air China launched its first international service with the type on Tuesday. It's another sign of Comac's ...