Tag: COMAC

Performance and Reliability of China’s First Home-Grown Passenger Jet Is Yet to Be Determined: Experts

July 9, 2023
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China’s first domestically produced passenger aircraft C919 was grounded temporarily on June 29 and 30, after it was in commercial operation for only one month. China Eastern Airlines (CEA) owns the C919 passenger jet, which is currently the only aircraft of its kind in commercial operation in China. The CEA replaced the flights with an…

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‘Qantas Won’t Buy Chinese Made Aircraft for Safety Reasons’: Aviation Expert Predicts

April 10, 2023
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The Chinese regime has stepped into the aircraft race against the United States and European Union after it launched C919, the first Chinese-made passenger jet, in December 2022. While it is too early to tell how things will turn out for the C919, aviation experts have predicted that Australia’s flag carrier Qantas will not get…

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China’s Regulator Says More Testing Needed to Certify C919 Aircraft

December 4, 2021
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BEIJING/SYDNEY—China’s aviation regulator said on Friday that there is still a huge amount of testing to be done for the home-grown narrowbody C919 aircraft to be certified, raising doubt over planemaker COMAC’s year-end target. So far, the C919, China’s attempt to rival Airbus SE and Boeing Co., has completed only 34 certification tests out of…

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China’s New Airliner: A No-Show at the Airshow

October 6, 2021
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News Analysis The Zhuhai Airshow is China’s biannual event intended to showcase its aerospace industry. One important aerospace product, however, was noteworthy for its absence: the C919. The event was held in late September, after being postponed by COVID-19 last year. No foreign visitors were permitted, but it was heavily covered in the international press….

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China’s Commercial Airliner Ambitions: Dream or Nightmare?

July 4, 2021
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Commentary Last month, the United States and Europe approved a halt in their 17-year trade dispute over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus. Furthermore, both sides agreed to “collaborate on addressing non-market practices of third parties that may harm their respective large civil aircraft industries.” This means China. China is trying hard to break into the…

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