Comac C919

High reliability rates from recent deliveries could generate aircraft orders outside China.

Comac C919 and ARJ21 aircraft are currently stationed at Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) in Tibet to conduct high-altitude testing and R&D for the plateau variant.

Air China’s first Comac C919 will debut on two routes: Beijing Capital-Shanghai Hongqiao and Beijing Capital-Hangzhou.

China Southern Airlines’ first Comac C919 aircraft will debut between Guangzhou and Shanghai.

Comac delivered Air China’s and China Southern Airlines’ first C919s in a combined ceremony, marking the airliner's expansion to all three state-owned carriers.

Air China has unveiled the seat map for its impending Comac C919 delivery, offering eight business class and 150 economy class seats.

China Southern Airlines said it is expecting to take delivery of its first Comac C919 airline at the end of August and has been training its staff in preparation.

Comac has inaugurated the Xinjiang Customer Service Center, aiming to support customers in west China and advance the region's air transport network development

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Chinese officials are aiming for an optimistic 2025 certification of the Comac C919 from the European regulator.

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.

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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.