COMAC’s woes with the C919 jetliner continue
The controversial C919 program continues to collect frustrations for COMAC, its airframer, and the Chinese government. The most…
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Certification of COMAC C919 jetliner is postponed to 2022
Despite flying since May 2017 and having six test aircraft, the C919 jetliner has not yet obtained type…
Chinese C919 jet under threat from lack of Western components – report
The development program for the C919 commercial jet has gained another hurdle. Western suppliers are said to have…
First mass-production C919 jet nears final assembly
The first mass-production C919 commercial jet is about to enter the final assembly line, the CAAC (Civil Aviation…
China Eastern Airlines plans to receive first C919 jet in 2021
The C919 single-aisle commercial jet is expected to have its first aircraft delivered in 2021, according to the…
China Eastern Airlines to launch C919 jetliner
COMAC signed on Monday in Shanghai the acquisition agreement for five C919 jets with China Eastern Airlines. The…
Alaska ‘winter season’ brings together Boeing 777X and KC-390
A region where temperatures reach -38ºC with a thermal sensation of -48ºC would be one of the last…
US government includes COMAC on Chinese military companies blacklist
In his last days at the White House, President Donald Trump decided to include COMAC on the blacklist…
ARJ21 airliner reaches 46 planes delivered since its launch
COMAC announced this week that it had completed the delivery of 24 units of the ARJ21-700 airliner in…
COMAC wins deal to sell 100 ARJ21 and C919 jets to China’s private airline
Supported by China’s state-owned airlines, COMAC does not suffer from the same problem as other commercial aircraft manufacturers,…
COMAC and Irkut may establish partnership with Embraer
Planemakers COMAC (China) and Irkut (Russia) would be talking to Embraer in a possible cooperation in the segment…
Trump may ban CFM engines and Honeywell avionics on Chinese C919 jet
The trade war between the US and China may have yet another controversial chapter. According to Reuters, President…
Chinese jet C919 has new setback in its development
For more than a decade in development, the ambitious COMAC C919 passenger jet would have suffered a new…
UAC promises to deliver six MC-21 jets in 2021
The A320 jet family is currently the most successful commercial jet series in history, no doubt. In just…
COMAC C919 jet advances on espionage suspicions
There is no doubt that China is the only country capable of breaking Boeing and Airbus’ duopoly in…
Fourth prototype of Chinese jet C919 performs maiden flight
The slow and complicated C919 commercial jet development program has just had one more test aircraft. The fourth…