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.

The C919 is China’s first homegrown mainline passenger plane, manufactured by the Shanghai-based state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC).After spending years in development ...

Long touted as a potential game-changer in global commercial aviation, the C919 is COMAC’s answer to the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 – two of the world’s best-selling aircraft types.

The C919 was first launched in May 2023, with China Eastern Airlines being the first company to use it for commercial flights. In just over a year, the model has been introduced into major routes ...

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 ...

However, after lengthy delays, the first completed C919 was finally delivered to China Eastern Airlines four months ago. The C919 looks similar to its competition, the Airbus A-320 and the Boeing 737.

However, the People’s Republic of China hopes to break into the multi-billion dollar market with its first domestically-produced large passenger aircraft, the Comac C919.

China’s C919 single-aisle jet made its international debut at the Singapore Airshow, attracting masses of visitors and hundreds of orders, but analysts say it still has a long way to ...

China held a ceremony on Thursday to certify its C919 narrowbody passenger jet, photos on social media showed, representing a in the country's ambitions to challenge Airbus and Boeing in ...

Two Chinese-made passenger aircraft – the C919 and the ARJ21 – landed in Hong Kong on Tuesday, marking a significant milestone in China's aviation goals to compete with the West.

The C919, for instance, has already cost an estimated $49 billion, according to CSIS, though it says pinning down precisely how much is an almost impossible task because COMAC’s finances are opaque.

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. Beijing calls the aircraft its first ...