China is set to display its Comac C919, a narrow-body passenger jet, at the Singapore Airshow. This marks the first time the aircraft will be showcased to a global audience. “Flying for the first time ...

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's challenge to Boeing and Airbus is off to a slow start, but the country has long-term goals in mind. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A veteran of CNET since 2003, he reviewed ...

Comac has completed the final ground test before its C919 narrowbody can take to the skies. On 23 April, the Chinese manufacturer conducted a high-speed ground run to the point of a nose-gear lift-off ...

BEIJING, May 7 (Reuters) - China's COMAC is expanding production facilities for its homegrown C919 jets in Shanghai, according to one of the project contractors, as the state-owned planemaker ramps up ...

The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China’s C919 passenger jet has achieved certification approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, according to a Sept. 30 announcement from the company.

FLYHT has signed a multi-year contract with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) that will see its Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 become ...

In a year of startling upheaval for the aviation industry, one seismic change, at least, had already been predicted. For years, China has been en route to become the world’s biggest aviation market, ...

Spectators take photos as they watch the Comac C919, China's first large passenger jet, coming in for a landing on its maiden flight at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on May 5, 2017. China ...

BEIJING—Flight testing of the COMAC C919 has exceeded the designed cruise speed of the narrowbody airliner and reached its intended ceiling, with the fleet of six prototypes now complete. Elsewhere in ...