Air Transport COMAC also approaches Saudi Arabia to assemble its commercial jets COMAC, a state-owned manufacturer of commercial jets, has been talking to representatives from Saudi Arabia with an eye… Ricardo MeierMay 23, 2024 Read More
Air Transport COMAC C939: a Chinese rival to the Boeing 777? COMAC has been making headlines around the world due to its two commercial jets, the ARJ21 and the… Ricardo MeierMay 14, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Safety is the reason why Lufthansa would not fly Chinese planes Lufthansa Group Chief Executive Carsten Spohr is yet another person to be disappointed with Boeing and the persistent… Ricardo MeierMay 13, 2024 Read More
Air Transport COMAC is expanding the C919 assembly line in Shanghai COMAC has already begun negotiations to expand the assembly line for the new C919 jetliner at its facilities… Ricardo MeierMay 8, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Where does the COMAC C919 jet fly in China? On May 28th, the first year of commercial operation of the COMAC C919, the first airliner fully developed… Ricardo MeierMay 6, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Another 100 C919 jets: China Southern Airlines will also place an order for the COMAC aircraft Days after Air China placed an order for a hundred C919 jets, another Chinese carrier announced plans to… Ricardo MeierApril 29, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Air China close to ordering 100 COMAC C919 jets Air China is following in the footsteps of China Eastern Airlines in introducing the COMAC C919 single-aisle jet… Ricardo MeierApril 26, 2024 Read More
Air Transport “Chinese Boeing 787” in the final design phase, says COMAC After launching the ARJ21 regional jet and the C919 single-aisle aircraft, Chinese planemaker COMAC is moving forward with… Ricardo MeierMarch 28, 2024 Read More
Air Transport With 5th C919, COMAC completes first batch of aircraft for China Eastern Airlines COMAC completed the delivery of the first batch of C919 commercial jets to China Eastern Airlines with the… Ricardo MeierMarch 4, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Chinese C919 and ARJ21 jets fly to Vietnam for demonstrations As soon as the Singapore Airshow 2024 ended, COMAC already continued the demonstration tour of its C919 and… Ricardo MeierFebruary 27, 2024 Read More
Singapore Airshow Tibet Airlines will be launch customer for shortened C919 variant COMAC has officially launched the shortened C919, also known as Plateau, with an order for 40 aircraft placed… Ricardo MeierFebruary 20, 2024 Read More
Singapore Airshow COMAC brings not one, but two C919 jets to the Singapore Airshow Chinese commercial aircraft manufacturer COMAC not only debuted the C919 at the Singapore Airshow but also took two… Ricardo MeierFebruary 19, 2024 Read More
Singapore Airshow Chinese jetliner C919 will be alone at Singapore Airshow with absence of A320neo and 737 MAX A missed chance to see the three narrow-body jets in production side by side for the first time.… Ricardo MeierFebruary 16, 2024 Read More
Air Transport COMAC plans to expand production of the C919 airliner While Boeing deals with its ongoing problems with the 737 MAX family, Chinese manufacturer COMAC is starting to… Ricardo MeierJanuary 29, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Fourth COMAC C919 jetliner joins China Eastern Airlines fleet China Eastern Airlines took delivery of the 4th C919, a narrow-body commercial jet entirely developed in China. Delivery… Ricardo MeierJanuary 2, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Air China acquires six C919 and 11 ARJ21 jets from COMAC Air China announced that it has reached an agreement with aircraft manufacturer COMAC to acquire 11 ARJ21 regional… Ricardo MeierDecember 26, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Tibet Airlines and COMAC will work together on the C919 for operation at high-altitude airports COMAC has reached an agreement with Tibet Airlines to jointly research the C919 “Plateau”, a shortened version of… Ricardo MeierDecember 17, 2023 Read More
Air Transport C919 jet lands in Hong Kong, completing first flight outside mainland China A C919 test aircraft, China’s first fully developed commercial jet, landed at Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday,… Ricardo MeierDecember 12, 2023 Read More
Air Transport COMAC delivered the 3rd C919 jet to China Eastern Airlines COMAC delivered the 3rd C919 jet to China Eastern Airlines on Saturday, December 9th. The aircraft registration number… Ricardo MeierDecember 10, 2023 Read More
Air Transport COMAC reveals smaller and larger variants of the C919 jetliner Unsurprisingly, COMAC, China’s state-owned commercial aircraft manufacturer, unveiled new variants of the C919 commercial jet at the 2023… Ricardo MeierNovember 27, 2023 Read More