Comac

Air China says it will be raising funds and some of the proceeds will go toward buying 17 domestically developed Comac C919 and ARJ21 regional airliners.

The C919 is an important aircraft for China; with it, Comac could become a single aisle replacement for Boeing in the Chinese markets.

The plan to develop a Chinese-made airliner for high-altitude plateau flight comes just weeks after plans for a hot & high variant of the C919 was revealed.

Forecasts, snapshots and commercial aircraft programs to watch.

Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.

Chinese commercial aircraft manufacturer Comac has displayed a model of a 19-seat all-electric regional aircraft, the CE-25A.

China’s Comac has unveiled concepts for stretched and shortened variants of its C919 narrowbody aircraft.

How Gameco is expanding its MRO offerings, including airframe maintenance, conversions and components.

The update is the most significant Comac has provided on the C929 since Russia dropped out of what was previously a bilateral program.

All good things come to an end, including the Western aerospace and defense sector’s high hopes for China. Exclusive survey results show a pivot.

China Eastern announced the C919 order almost a year to the day since the Comac narrowbody received its type certification.

China is learning the science of airliners, but politics remains an issue, experts say.

After a pre-pandemic boom, Chinese lessors have sharply curtailed their business expansion.

Gallop Air Chairman Yang Qiang has signed a letter of intent with Comac to buy 15 ARJ21s and 15 C919s.

As Russia pulls out of the CR929 and Airbus and Boeing sit on their hands, JetZero is showing that its radical new concept just might be for real.

Comac/CATL electric aircraft venture; high-power silicon battery; JetBlue and carbon capture; and fly/drive evTOL hovers.

A yawning gap stands between the ambitions of Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac and its capabilities.

Comac Times (Shanghai) Aviation has been set up to supply aerospace components and batteries as China looks to develop electrically powered aircraft.

The interdependence of China’s aviation sector with global suppliers means that they are likely stuck with each other, for better or worse.

A graphic at Comac's stand at the Paris Air Show showed no sign of UAC participation in the project any more, but Russia remains part of the program for now.

CEO Dave Calhoun claims Airbus and Comac competitive threats are overplayed, and says OEM will need until at least 2035 to bring a new aircraft to market.

Aircraft deliveries to China have collapsed, and big hurdles stand in the way of a sharp rebound.

Northwestern Polytechnical University in China has flown a subscale model of a 300-330-seat BWB airliner.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

With a carrying payload of 10 tonnes, the ARJ21 converted freighter variant is designed to fill the last-mile gap not served by larger aircraft.