China’s state-backed aircraft maker COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) is accelerating its push into the global aviation market, positioning itself as a long-term competitor to industry ...

Aircraft maker reviewing new designs to challenge Boeing and Airbus and take better advantage of plane's slightly wider ...

The C919 is China’s home-grown, narrowbody passenger jet designed to carry 158 to192 passengers and compete with Boeing’s 737 ...

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 ...

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 C919 has ambitions in Africa - but parts supply chain challenges remain. Credit: GE African Airlines Association head, Abderahmane Berthe, says the entry of Chinese-built aircraft will enhance ...

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 ...

Deliveries of the home-grown airliner billed to take on US, European competitors have been slow, with just three dispatched in the first quarter.

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 flown its first C919 prototype to Xian, marking the start of the next phase of flight test and certification work for the narrowbody programme. Aircraft B-001A took off from Shanghai Pudong ...