Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After 15 years of production, China's first homegrown mainline aircraft launched in May 2023. The C919 narrowbody plane hopes to ...

China is expected to sustain production of its home-grown aircraft and expand access to foreign skies, following the United States' removal of a ban on selling American jet engine parts and technology ...

Two Chinese-made passenger jetliners landed in Hong Kong on Tuesday, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s efforts to break into the Western-dominated aircraft market. The C919, a large ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Comac C919 flies during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore WASHINGTON (Reuters) ...

Aviation forum hears that engine's performance in trial runs exceeds 'most optimistic expectations' The development of a home-grown turbofan engine for China's C919 narrowbody passenger jet has been ...

AVIC's Commercial Aircraft Engine Co. and MTU Aero Engines signed an MOU covering production of a powerplant for the 150-seat C919. ACAC GM Zhang Jian said the partnership with MTU "is based on ...

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s ambition to challenge Boeing and Airbus with its own homegrown passenger jet is running into turbulence, with deliveries of finished aircraft likely to fall far short of its ...

FILE - A China's Comac C919 aircraft performs during first day of Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Chinas C919 single-aisle jet made its international debut at the Singapore ...

The Comac C919 is not very different from what Airbus and Boeing already have in the market, and that it was "not going to rock the boat in particular," Christian Scherer, chief executive officer of ...

The certification of Comac’s C919 narrowbody jet – announced in time for China’s National Day celebrations – has been hailed by commentators in the country as a major milestone – and a source of ...

China Eastern Airlines has taken delivery of its first Comac C919 narrowbody, as it targets operating them on commercial flights in early 2023. The aircraft, registered B-919A (MSN107), took off on ...

SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s C919 single-aisle jet made its international debut at the Singapore Airshow, attracting masses of visitors and hundreds of orders, but analysts say it still has a long way to ...