Air Transport COMAC C919 completes first revenue flight in China The wait was long, but China finally managed to make the first revenue flight with the C919, airliner… Ricardo MeierMay 28, 2023 Read More
Air Transport New Chinese passenger plane C919 set to make first revenue flight on Sunday After nearly 15 years in development, COMAC C919 jetliner is expected to make its first commercial flight this… Ricardo MeierMay 26, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Single C919 jetliner delivered returns to flying in China after two months China Eastern Airlines’ commercial jet COMAC C919 returned to flight on May 17 after a long period of… Ricardo MeierMay 18, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Chinese HNA Group closes firm order for 60 COMAC C919 jets COMAC announced on April 28 a major contract for the acquisition of 60 C919 jets with the HNA… Ricardo MeierApril 28, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Order for 20 Embraer E2 jets in China is postponed due to illness of Brazilian president Pneumonia prevented Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva from visiting China this week and, by extension, put an… Ricardo MeierMarch 29, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Chinese C919 jetliner engine spotted in tests on Y-20 aircraft A Chinese Xian Y-20 airlifter configured for flight tests was spotted in flight with a CJ1000A turbofan, developed… Ricardo MeierMarch 25, 2023 Read More
Air Transport COMAC should surpass Embraer as the 3rd largest airliner maker in the coming years The position of 3rd largest manufacturer of commercial aircraft in the world should be lost by Embraer within… Ricardo MeierJanuary 17, 2023 Read More
Air Transport New Chinese jetliner C919 expected to enter service from April 2023 The first series-production C919 delivered to China Eastern Airlines began a test campaign that should accumulate 100 flight… Ricardo MeierDecember 28, 2022 Read More
Air Transport Chinese ARJ21 jetliner approaches 100 aircraft delivered COMAC, China’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturer, is about to complete a hundred ARJ21-700 jets delivered. According to Planespotter… Ricardo MeierDecember 25, 2022 Read More
Air Transport New Chinese airliner, First C919 delivered in China China’s most advanced commercial aircraft, the twin-engine C919 had the first example delivered on Friday. The jet registration… Ricardo MeierDecember 9, 2022 Read More
Air Transport COMAC C919 is cleared for mass production First commercial jet developed entirely in China, the COMAC C919 is cleared for mass production. The aircraft’s production… Thiago VinholesNovember 30, 2022 Read More
Air Transport First series-production C919 emerges in China Eastern Airlines livery A script that may soon become commonplace, the delivery of the first series production Chinese jetliner C919 from… Thiago VinholesNovember 21, 2022 Read More
Air Transport COMAC closes orders for 330 C919 and ARJ21 jets – report The Zhuhai Airshow kicked off on Tuesday with reports that COMAC has closed the sale of 300 C919… Ricardo MeierNovember 8, 2022 Read More
Air Transport C919 jetliner will be presented at Zhuhai Airshow Recently certified by China’s civil aviation authority to operate commercial flights, the C919 single-aisle jet from Chinese state-owned… Thiago VinholesNovember 7, 2022 Read More
Air Transport First C919 appears in China Eastern Airlines livery The first series-production C919 jetliner will have the China Eastern Airlines livery. Images of the COMAC aircraft were… Ricardo MeierOctober 26, 2022 Read More
Air Transport Nigeria’s new carrier considers C919 jetliner The government of Nigeria is about to start operations of a new state-owned airline, Nigeria Air, which will… Ricardo MeierOctober 3, 2022 Read More
Air Transport C919 receives airworthiness certificate in China The first jetliner developed entirely in China, the C919 received the certificate of airworthiness from the Civil Aviation… Thiago VinholesSeptember 29, 2022 Read More
Air Transport C919 airliners fly to Beijing to receive certification in China Two of the seven C919 aircraft participating in the certification campaign at COMAC’s facilities in Shanghai flew to… Ricardo MeierSeptember 13, 2022 Read More
Air Transport COMAC to deliver just one C919 aircraft in 2022 The beginning of the revenue service of the Chinese airliner COMAC C919 should be quite modest. Customer of… Ricardo MeierSeptember 2, 2022 Read More
Air Transport COMAC announces end of C919 test flight phase COMAC gathered the six test aircraft of the C919 jetliner last week to announce the completion of the… Ricardo MeierJuly 25, 2022 Read More