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
Air Transport COMAC delivers the first two ARJ21 freighters COMAC held a joint ceremony on October 30 to deliver the first two ARJ21 cargo jets. The two… Ricardo MeierOctober 31, 2023 Read More
1 0 0 0 1 Air Transport Chinese widebody C929 expected to have low carbon footprint After the departure of the UAC, COMAC COMAC is already referring to its future Chinese widebody as the… Ricardo MeierOctober 25, 2023 Read More
Air Transport China Eastern Airlines closes mega order for 100 C919 jets The Chinese planemaker COMAC, and China Eastern Airlines, one of the world’s largest carriers, signed an agreement to… Ricardo MeierSeptember 28, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Brunei start-up airline becomes second foreign customer of COMAC jets The ARJ21 and C919 jets, produced by COMAC, were ordered by yet another airline outside China, Gallop Air,… Ricardo MeierSeptember 22, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Boeing sees China accounting for one-fifth of commercial aircraft in the next 20 years Passenger air traffic in China promises to be the largest in the world within 20 years, according to… Ricardo MeierSeptember 20, 2023 Read More
Air Transport COMAC C919 jetliner passes milestone of 1,000 orders Commercial aircraft that challenges the hegemony of the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 duo, the Chinese jetliner C919… Thiago VinholesSeptember 11, 2023 Read More
Air Transport CR929 widebody joint venture discontinued, says UAC The state conglomerate United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), from Russia, admitted that it is no longer a partner in… Thiago VinholesAugust 22, 2023 Read More
Air Transport China Eastern Airlines now has two C919 jets in service China Eastern Airlines (CEA) completed the first commercial flight on Wednesday, August 2, with the COMAC C919 jet,… Ricardo MeierAugust 2, 2023 Read More
Technology COMAC joins forces with Chinese battery maker to design electric planes Chinese state-owned manufacturer, COMAC has started to prepare its entry into the electric aircraft segment. According to Chinese… Thiago VinholesJuly 24, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Chinese jet COMAC ARJ21 will make first international route from July 24 The Chinese regional jet ARJ21-700, manufactured by COMAC, will debut on an international route from July 24, Indonesian… Ricardo MeierJuly 18, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Chinese jetliner C919 has second example delivered Seven months after taking delivery of the world’s first C919, China Eastern Airlines added a second of China’s… Ricardo MeierJuly 17, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Suparna Airlines closes the leasing of 30 COMAC C919 jets Privately owned Chinese airline Suparna Airlines signed a contract with lessor SPDB Financial Leasing to lease 30 domestically built… Thiago VinholesJuly 14, 2023 Read More
Air Transport COMAC delivers second ARJ21 to TransNusa Two months after starting operations with the ARJ21-700 regional jet, TransNusa Airtlines, from Indonesia, recently took delivery of… Thiago VinholesJune 26, 2023 Read More