Comac’s C919 will undergo a series of test flights for high-altitude operations, as the airframer continues to develop the high-altitude variant of the narrowbody programme. The disclosure comes as a ...

BEIJING/SEOUL, May 30 (Reuters) - China's C919 jet is set to make its first commercial flight outside mainland China on Saturday - albeit to the Chinese territory of Hong Kong - just over a year after ...

China Southern's first flight of the C919 on Sept. 19. Credit: Xinhua SINGAPORE—China Southern Airlines’ Comac C919 early operations are generating high dispatch reliability rates, says Guangzhou ...

I just flew on China’s new airplane COMAC C919 from Shanghai to Chengdu with China Eastern Airlines. It’s been more than 3 years since I last visited mainland China. The flight was a pleasant and ...

The first deep-level maintenance of Comac's narrowbody jet is expected to provide the data needed to prove the aircraft's long-term durability to global inspectors Three years after its maiden ...

Recently, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference member, deputy general manager of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC), Wu Guanghui said, last year, C919 large ...

Comac displayed a model of a shortened C919 at Singapore Airshow 2024. Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images SINGAPORE—The shortened variant of the Comac C919, designated the C919-600, has broken cover, ...

For the past few decades, there have been two major players in the commercial aircraft sector — Boeing and Airbus. Now, there is a rising challenger looking to break the stranglehold of the dominant ...

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 ...