C919

China’s COMAC C919 Gets First Foreign Customer
China has struggled to secure orders for the C919 narrowbody jet from foreign customers, but that looks set to change,…
First C919 Officially Starts Commercial Flights
China Eastern Airlines completed the first commercial flights of the COMAC C919 aircraft, following months of testing and proving flights.…
China’s Homegrown C919 Engine Flies!
Social media posts, plus a mysterious video, seem to show that a Chinese engine for the C919 single-aisle airliner has…
US Court Sentences GE Engine Spy For China
A court in New York sentenced a man to 2 years in jail for stealing industrial secrets from engine maker…
COMAC C919 To Fly At Air Show In China
China’s COMAC looks set to showcase its C919 single-aisle airliner at the upcoming Zhuhai air show, the largest such event…
Finally: COMAC C919 Gets Chinese Certification
China’s aviation authority has awarded COMAC’s C919 narrowbody with the certification it needs to enter service. But more work is…
Is China About To Certify The C919 (finally)?
COMAC, a state-owned aircraft manufacturer in China, announced that its C919 has completed all test flight tasks. So is it…
Certifying The C919 Will Not Happen In 2021
China’s aviation regulator dashed any hopes COMAC may have had about certifying the C919 before year’s end. The aircraft needs…
C919 Facing Delays In Certification And Service Entry?
The COMAC C919 certification program in China reportedly faces delays, to do with US export hurdles for spares of the…
COMAC C919 – Can It Displace The 737, A320 In China?
Some doubt that the COMAC C919 will sell outside China. But can it replace Airbus-Boeing narrowbodies within China itself? And…