Comac C919

Readers write about Boeing and GE leadership, addressing pilot shortages in the U.S. military and the Comac C919’s competitive prospects.

The China Aviation Planning and Design Institute says it has won the bid to construct the second phase of the Comac C919 assembly plant in Shanghai.

China Southern has placed an order for 100 Comac C919s, completing the trifecta of state-owned airlines committing to the domestically developed aircraft.

Air China has signed a purchase agreement with Comac for 100 C919ER narrowbody airliners.

China Eastern Airlines and Suparna Airlines are expecting to receive a combined seven C919 airliners from Comac this year.

For decades, aircraft manufacturers have preferred derivatives over all-new aircraft. That approach appears to be ending.

Readers write about the F-16, NATO assets for Ukraine, and air traffic control training and supervision. Plus: Behind the Scenes at the Singapore Airshow.

Comac presented the C919 at an international air show for the first time. It is likely the first step in a long journey to commercial success abroad.

China’s Comac has provided more details of the stretched and shortened variants of its C919 single-aisle family at Singapore Airshow.

Listen in as editors at Singapore Airshow discuss Comac's starring role, the C919's prospects in today's market and what this could mean for the Airbus-Boeing duopoly.

Comac has its C919 aircraft on display at Singapore Airshow 2024. Guy Norris outlines the differences between the aircraft's two variants.

Aviation Week's Guy Norris takes us on a guided tour inside the Comac C919, which is making its international air show debut here in Singapore.

While Riyadh Air is planning an initial narrowbody order with Boeing or Airbus, COO Peter Bellew says Comac will become "a real force to be reckoned with.”

As the C919 makes its international debut at Singapore Airshow, Airbus Commercial CEO Christian Scherer says Comac could be a competitor in future.

Tibet Airlines is set to be the launch customer of Comac's C919 plateau variant ARJ21 plateau variant.

Comac’s C919 and ARJ21 landed in Singapore on a gloomy Thursday afternoon for the 2024 edition of Singapore Airshow.

Airlines including Cebu Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways and Cathay Pacific are planning to place major orders.

Air China says it will be raising funds and some of the proceeds will go toward buying 17 domestically developed Comac C919 and ARJ21 airliners.

The C919 is an important aircraft for China; with it, Comac could become a single aisle replacement for Boeing in the Chinese markets.

The plan to develop a Chinese-made airliner for high-altitude plateau flight comes just weeks after plans for a hot & high variant of the C919 was revealed.

A Comac C919 is participating in a five-day exhibition flight to Hong Kong, marking the airliner’s first time flying outside of mainland China.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

China’s Comac has unveiled concepts for stretched and shortened variants of its C919 narrowbody aircraft.

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China Eastern announced the C919 order almost a year to the day since the Comac narrowbody received its type certification.