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☆ China renamed its homegrown regional airliner to better sell it abroad. Here's how it compares to its closest rival.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The C909's closest competitors in size and range are the Brazilian-made Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2. China's state-owned planemaker, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, better known as Comac, has rebranded its regional aircraft to better compete with Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer. AdvertisementEmbraer's larger planes can carry more peopleComac data shows the C909 seats five abreast and can carry 78 passengers in two classes (or up to 97 in a high-density configuration). The Embraer E190-E2 has a shorter range than its sister jet. For example, Virgin Australia agreed to buy eight E190-E2 aircraft in August.

Persons: Comac, Yin Liqin, it's, Chen Duo, Syme, Pratt, Whitney's, Grinsven, Canada's, Cirium Organizations: Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Jets, China News Service, Getty, TransNusa, Getty Images China Southern Airlines, Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Canada's Porter Airlines, Comac, Reuters, Hainan Airlines, Porter Airlines, Colorful Guizhou Airlines, Virgin Australia Locations: Brazilian, China's, China, Europe, Guangzhou, Indonesian, Manado, Amman, Western Europe, Toronto, Los Angeles, Hainan, Zhuhai

☆ What it’s like onboard the COMAC C919 plane, China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Steven Jiang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The C919 is China’s first homegrown mainline passenger plane, manufactured by the Shanghai-based state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). Steven Jiang/CNNI was happy to hear the flight attendant highlight the aircraft type in his pre-takeoff briefing. “Today you’re flying with Air China C919 aircraft, which is the first large airliner independently developed by China,” he said, as the jet taxied to the runway. Air China serves hot meals in economy during meal hours even for short-haul flights (today’s flying time: 1 hour 40 minutes). As far as my passenger expectation goes, this C919 flight has earned a solid B in terms of safety and comfort.

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☆ Can China's Comac break up the Airbus-Boeing duopoly?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Nessa Anwar | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

China is on a mission to break up the Airbus -Boeing duopoly and it hopes the domestically made Comac C919 will be its first big break into foreign markets. Made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), the passenger aircraft has been touted as the "dream of a nation" by Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, there are still several hurdles Comac would need to clear before it could take on the French and American aerospace giants' dominance. "As a customer and operator of China's Comac products, we can get financial support from China's import-export bank, and also central banks," Cham told CNBC in an interview. According to Cham, Comac said it would consider creating aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul support for its aircraft in Brunei.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Cham, Comac, Adam Cowburn, Cowburn, Brendan Sobie, It's, Brendan Organizations: Airbus, Boeing, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Cham Chi, CNBC, Alton Aviation Consultancy, " Industry, Sobie Aviation, Airlines Locations: China, American, Brunei, Cham, Shanghai

☆ Comac C919: China’s homegrown passenger aircraft makes international debut
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

China calls the C919, which can carry just under 200 passengers, its first large homegrown passenger jet. It s certified to carry passengers only within mainland China and flies with China Eastern Airlines. The C919’s overseas debut comes at a time when Boeing is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. “There is a lot of interest to see the actual aircraft, how it performs and how it is in flight,” he said. “It will become a competitor in a small way, but it won’t be in the same league as Airbus and Boeing,” he said.

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☆ China will showcase its domestic jetliner at the Singapore Airshow. Here's what else to expect
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Shreyashi Sanyal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A model of Comac's C919 aircraft at the Singapore Airshow on Feb. 6, 2018. SINGAPORE — China is gearing up to showcase its narrow-body passenger jet to a global audience for the first time at the Singapore Airshow. Touted as a competitor to Boeing's 737 and the Airbus 320, the Comac C919 is quickly turning out to be one of the most anticipated features at this year's event. "Flying for the first time at the Singapore Airshow, is the C919, a narrow-body airliner developed by Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac," Singapore Airshow organizer and manager Experia Events said in a statement. The Singapore Airshow is a fantastic opportunity for Comac particularly given the current situation with Boeing," Brendan Sobie of Sobie Aviation told CNBC.

Persons: Experia, Lockheed Martin, Thales, Brendan Sobie, Sobie Organizations: Singapore, Singapore Airshow, Airbus, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Civil Aviation Administration, China, Aerospace, Boeing, Lockheed, Dassault, SAAB, Leonardo, Sobie Aviation, CNBC Locations: SINGAPORE — China, Singapore, China

A Comac C919, China's first large passenger jet, flies away on its first commercial flight from the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, China May 28, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Sept 28 (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) said on Thursday it will buy another 100 C919 airplanes in a deal worth $10 billion at list prices, in what would be the largest ever order for the jet made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). The list price for the C919 is $99 million but aircraft can be sold at discounts of up to 50%, especially for new models. Next, the plane manufacturer will cooperate with China Eastern more closely, to show other potential users the reliability and performance of C919." China Eastern will get delivery of five aircraft in 2024, while ten are to be delivered each year from 2025 to 2027.

Persons: Aly, Li Hanming, Li, COMAC, COMAC's, Sophie Yu, Brenda Goh, Neil Fullick, Peter Graff, Miral Organizations: Shanghai Hongqiao International, REUTERS, Rights, China Eastern Airlines, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Airbus, Boeing, China Eastern, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, Rights BEIJING, Beijing, Washington, Brunei

☆ China Eastern Airlines just made the biggest Comac C919 order ever, for 100 planes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Beijing Reuters —China Eastern Airlines said on Thursday it will buy another 100 C919 airplanes in a deal worth $10 billion at list prices, in what would be the largest ever order for the jet made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). The list price for the C919 is $99 million but aircraft can be sold at discounts of up to 50%, especially for new models. The deal comes five months after the Chinese passenger plane, developed by state-owned COMAC to rival Airbus’ A320neo and Boeing’s (BA) 737 MAX single-aisle jet families, took its first flight in May with China Eastern. China Eastern will get delivery of five aircraft in 2024, while ten are to be delivered each year from 2025 to 2027. The deal includes 15 orders of COMAC’s ARJ21 aircraft and 15 of the C919.

Persons: Li Hanming, ” Li, “ COMAC, COMAC’s Organizations: Beijing Reuters, China Eastern Airlines, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Airbus ’, China Eastern, Boeing Locations: Beijing, Shanghai, Washington, China, Brunei

☆ C919: Why China's answer to Boeing and Airbus isn't as 'homegrown' as it seems
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Hong Kong CNN —China is claiming a historic win this week after its answer to Boeing and Airbus, the C919, took to the skies for its first commercial flight. But instead of boosting China’s global stature in technology innovation, experts say the C919 is a symbol of its continued reliance on the West. COMAC’s first commercial plane, by comparison, is a much smaller regional jet called the ARJ21, which can only fly up to 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) and accommodate up to 97 passengers. Technicians working on a COMAC C919 aircraft under assembly at the COMAC Shanghai Research and Development Center in 2017. Boeing and Airbus also depend on “high-quality global suppliers,” state-run newspaper China Daily said in an editorial Wednesday.

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☆ China Crosses a Flying Milestone but Remains in the Boeing-Airbus Grip
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Niraj Chokshi | Tiffany May | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Millions of flights take off and land in China every year, almost all of them using planes made by Boeing and Airbus, the world’s two leading aircraft manufacturers. For years, China has been working to change that and, this week, it celebrated a milestone in that quest: the first commercial flight of a large passenger jet made in China. It is currently the only C919 plane being used for commercial flights. Comac, or the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, was established in 2008. Based in Shanghai, it is closely linked to Avic, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, which makes the country’s turboprops, fighter jets and bombers.

Persons: Comac Organizations: Boeing, Airbus, China Eastern Airlines, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Aviation Locations: China, Shanghai, Beijing, U.S, France, Germany

CNN —China’s first large homegrown passenger jet made its inaugural commercial flight on Sunday, flying from Shanghai to Beijing, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. Flying as China Eastern Airlines flight MU9191, the new narrow-body C919 plane left Shanghai at 10:32 a.m. local time. With a range of up to 5,555 kilometers (3,452 miles), the C919 will take on the world’s two major aircraft manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing. It will be a direct competitor to their A320 and B737 narrowbody jets, most commonly used for domestic and regional international flights. Many of the plane’s major elements such as the nose, fuselage, outer wing, vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer were designed by COMAC.

☆ COMAC, Boeing agree to step up research co-operation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Chinese planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and Boeing signed an agreement to expand co-operation on their joint research centre, state media Shanghai Securities News said on Wednesday. The pact, signed at the Zhuhai airshow, aims to further support sustanable development of aviation, it added. Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Clarence FernandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

China Development Bank Leasing, ICBC Leasing, CMB Financial Leasing, BOCOM Leasing, CCB Financial Leasing, SPDB Financial Leasing and Jiangsu Financial Leasing on Tuesday signed orders for a combined 300 C919s and 30 ARJ21s at Airshow China in the southern city of Zhuhai, COMAC said in a statement on Wednesday. As with previous announcements, it was not immediately clear how many were firm orders or expressions of interest, and no delivery dates were provided. Before the latest deals, there had been 815 orders for the C919 from 28 customers, according to COMAC's website. COMAC said on Tuesday that China would need 9,284 new aircraft over the next 20 years to meet market demand, 200 more than in its forecast last year. The U.S manufacturer forecast China would need 6,370 single-aisle airplanes to support its growing network of international and domestic routes in that time, while COMAC said that 6,896 such planes would be needed.

☆ China stages historic air show under cloud of zero-COVID
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Sophie Yu | Norihiko Shirouzu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

China’s zero-COVID policy has hampered its domestic aviation industry and kept international traffic at a tiny fraction of pre-pandemic levels as Western carriers rebound sharply. Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) reported orders from leasing firms for 300 C919s and 30 ARJ21 regional jets. By contrast, the sun was setting in China on Tuesday on one of Europe’s most visible global symbols, the double-decker A380. Tracking website FlightRadar24 said China Southern Airlines operated its last A380 flight from Los Angeles on Tuesday. China is also showing off a FH-97A “Loyal Wingman” drone model designed to coordinate with crewed aircraft, the newspaper reported.

☆ Comac C919: Covid restrictions cloud airshow debut of China's showpiece jet
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

China’s zero-Covid policy has hampered its domestic aviation industry and kept international traffic at a tiny fraction of pre-pandemic levels as Western carriers rebound sharply. Tuesday’s opening marked the first time Western plane giants Airbus and Boeing have shared the stage with China’s new COMAC C919 single-aisle jet at the showpiece event. Chinese J-20 stealth fighter jets at Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on November 8. Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) reported orders from leasing firms for 300 C919s and 30 ARJ21 regional jets. Production of the world’s largest jetliner ended last year after weak sales including a near-failure to conquer China’s market.

☆ Chinese planemaker COMAC received new orders for 330 planes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BEIJING, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Chinese planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) secured orders from multiple leasing firms to supply a total of 330 planes, according to local news service Yicai. COMAC said at China's biggest airshow in Zhuhai on Tuesday that 300 of the planes are narrowbody jetliner C919s and 30 are ARJ21 regional jets. COMAC will deliver its first C919 aircraft in December to launch customer China Eastern. Reporting by Sophie Yu, Brenda Goh, Editing by Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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