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China Eastern Airlines COMAC C919 has returned to the skies to conduct test flights after months spent on the ground. The narrow-body aircraft, registered as B-919A, operated two test flights on May 17, 2023. The first flight departed and arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), while the second departed PVG and arrived at Shanghai [...]
China Eastern Airlines COMAC C919 has returned to the skies to conduct test flights after months spent on the ground. The narrow-body aircraft, registered as B-919A, operated two test flights on May 17, 2023. The first flight departed and arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), while the second departed PVG and arrived at Shanghai [...]
HNA Aviation Group, which operates China's fourth-largest aircraft fleet, has ordered 100 planes from the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), giving the state-run manufacturer a leg up in its race to catch up with Airbus and Boeing in the global aviation industry. HNA signed a contract for 60 of Comac's C919 single-aisle passenger jet [...]
China Eastern Airlines, the first airline to receive a C919 from the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), has removed the first commercial flight of the type from its schedule, replacing it with an Airbus A320. The Chinese airline had tentatively scheduled the domestically built aircraft to operate Flight MU9191 and the return journey, MU9192, [...]
China’s first homegrown passenger jet, the C919, manufactured by China’s state-owned COMAC, could splinter the duopoly of Airbus and Boeing planes in the country’s domestic market and beyond, a report by a Berlin-based think tank has claimed. The homegrown plane is expected to take its maiden commercial flight this spring. The Mercator Institute for China [...]
In five years’ time China expects to be building 150 COMAC C919 aircraft every year, as the domestically-made jet aims to compete with the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft families. According to The Paper, a Chinese government-associated publication, the C919 has received 1,035 orders from 32 customers. Meanwhile, Airbus aims to produce 65 [...]
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) made the first delivery of the C919 to its launch customer, China Eastern Airlines, on December 9, 2022. The aircraft, designed and built to compete with the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo families, is now the second Chinese-made jet on the market, following in the wake of the [...]
The world’s first C919 aircraft, with registration number of B-919A, was delivered to its first launch customer, China Eastern Airlines (CEA). The COMAC C919 is China’s first homegrown large passenger aircraft in accordance with international airworthiness standards, and owns independent intellectual property rights. It features advanced aerodynamic design, propulsion system and materials, as well as [...]
China's aviation regulator has issued a production certificate allowing for the mass production of the homegrown C919 narrowbody jet, manufacturer Commercial Aviation Corp of China (COMAC) said on Tuesday. The C919, a rival to the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX single-aisle jet families, had received a type certificate in September declaring the model safe [...]
While China’s home-built aircraft, the COMAC C919 received its Type Certificate (TC) in September 2022, the narrow-body jet is yet to carry passengers on a commercial flight. That, however, is about to change, as local media reported that the C919 will be operational “as soon as possible.” The local Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) certified the [...]
