China Eastern Airlines has launched double COMAC C919 operations between Shanghai and Chengdu on August 4. It is the first time that two C919s have been operating on the same route. China Eastern took delivery of the second C919 on July…
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…
Engine maker Safran Group is confident that CFM can deliver 1.700 LEAP engines to Airbus and Boeing this year. While supply chain issues do continue, CEO Olivier Andries expects them to ease over the year. The guidance is below that of…
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…
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…
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