Air Transport Chinese jetliner ARJ21 makes first commercial flight in Indonesia The first exported Chinese passenger plane completed its debut commercial flight on Tuesday, April 18, in Indonesia. The… Ricardo MeierApril 19, 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 Chinese airliner ARJ21 begins training flights with TransNusa The first customer of COMAC’s ARJ21-700 regional jet outside China, Indonesian airline TransNusa Aviation, recently began a 100-hour… Thiago VinholesMarch 21, 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 COMAC approves ARJ21 freighter variant COMAC, the Chinese main commercial aircraft manufacturer, announced the approval of the project to convert the ARJ21 regional… Ricardo MeierJanuary 9, 2023 Read More
Air Transport COMAC announces delivery of 100th ARJ21 jet COMAC, China’s state-owned commercial aircraft manufacturer, celebrated the delivery of the 100th ARJ21-700 jet on December 29. The… Ricardo MeierJanuary 2, 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 China exports world’s first ARJ21 jet If the entry into service of the commercial jet C919 days ago meant the end of the duopoly… Ricardo MeierDecember 19, 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 China says it has started preliminary design of the CR929 widebody COMAC’s chief designer, Wu Guanghui, said on Thursday that the CR929 widebody, developed in partnership with Russia’s UAC,… Ricardo MeierSeptember 16, 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