Russia is pulling away from the CR929 widebody program
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said the country is moving away from the CR929 passenger widebody project,…
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Sino-Russian widebody CR929 remains in development despite sanctions
Launched in 2014 in a partnership between Russia and China, the CR929 widebody is still under development, but…
First series-production C919 flies for the first time
COMAC, the Chinese commercial aircraft manufacturer, performed the maiden flight of the first series-production C919 jet on Saturday,…
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…
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…
CR929 widebody wings are already in production
The CR929 program, which will lead to a long-range widebody jet in partnership between Russia and China, has…
COMAC CBJ business jet appears in Zhuhai
COMAC brought the CBJ business jet (COMAC Business Jet) to the Zhuhai Airshow for the first time. The…
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 CR929 wide-body started to be manufactured, says China
Production of the CR929 first prototype would have started in China, the Jiefang Daily newspaper reported on Thursday.…
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…
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…
COMAC ARJ21 gets first customer outside China
COMAC obtained the first order from an airline outside China for the ARJ21 jetliner. Indonesia’s small carrier TransNusa…
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…
China expects to deliver 1,000 CR929 aircraft by 2045
Despite Western suspicion, the CR929 wide-body jet program would be making great strides, according to COMAC chief designer…
Russian government also plans to reduce investment in the CR929 widebody
Subsidy cuts in Russian commercial aircraft programs go beyond the four-engine IL-96-400M. According to Flight Global, the country’s…
Russians and Chinese disagree about the CR929 widebody jet program
A joint Chinese and Russian project, the CR929 widebody aircraft is undergoing new difficulties. According to statement by…
COMAC jointly delivers the ARJ21 aircraft to three Chinese state-owned airlines
COMAC held a special ceremony on Saturday to mark the delivery of three ARJ21 jets to China Southern…
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…