China dreams of building a world-class jumbo jet. Can it do it without the West?
China is working to develop widebody planes to take on Airbus and Boeing, but its plans may hinge on cooperation from Western ...
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COMAC dreams of international skies: can the Chinese aircraft manufacturer rival Boeing and Airbus?
Airlines could take deliveries of the C929 as early as 2027. However, with narrow-body or single-aisle aircrafts being the most widely used airliners across the world, it is the COMAC C919 whose ...
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Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...
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China's COMAC aims to lift C919 jet production capacity to 50 this year, report says
In addition to the C919, COMAC is also developing a larger C929 wide-body jet. Shen said the C929 was in the preliminary design and supplier selection phase, with plans to move to the detailed ...
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China wants to build its own jumbo jet
Almost ten years after the last Boeing 747 rolled off the production line, China is drawing up plans to build its own ...
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Chinese aircraft firm Comac hopes to double production of C919 passenger planes this year
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has delivered 15 C919s since commercial operations started in May 2023, with the latest being delivered to China Eastern on New Year’s Eve.
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China’s Comac aims to lift C919 jet production capacity to 50 this year: report
In addition to the C919, Comac is also developing a larger C929 wide-body jet. Shen said the C929 was in the preliminary design and supplier selection phase, with plans to move to the detailed design ...