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COMAC and China Eastern Airlines ticked an important box on May 28 with the entry into service of the C919. Some 5.5 months after the delivery of the first and so far only C919 available to China Eastern, the carrier operated the first commercial service from Shanghai...

COMAC has received the airworthiness approval for the freighter version of the ARJ21-700. During a ceremony in Shanghai on January 6, the documents were formally handed over by the CAAC. COMAC gets approval for ARJ21 Freighter conversion. The Chinese airframer has...

COMAC delivered the first ARJ21 regional jet to a non-Chinese customer on December 18. Indonesia’s Transnusa Airlines received the first of what should be thirty ARJ21-700s on order, which marks the first time that an airline outside China will operate a COMAC...

The first COMAC C919 has been delivered to China Eastern and will soon enter commercial service. While the ramp-up will be slow, COMAC now has orders for more than 1,100 C919 aircraft from Chinese airlines and leasing companies.For the West, that means 1,100 aircraft...