COMAC completed the first flight of its C919-600 last Wednesday, a shortened, high-altitude version of the C919. COMAC has 40 firm orders from Xizang Airlines, formerly Tibet Airlines, and this version of the C919 is specifically intended for high-altitude markets, including Daocheng, the world’s highest-altitude…
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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…
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.
Airbus will be the white knight to rescue the C Series through a joint venture with Bombardier, announced earlier today. The agreement will include a second assembly line in Mobile, Alabama to produce C Series aircraft for the US market.…
COMAC representatives have conceded that the first flight of the C919, which was scheduled to be completed this year, will likely not fly until April 2017. This schedule slippage will likely add another three to six months to the program…