Comac C919

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Chen Chuanren
China’s Comac has unveiled concepts for stretched and shortened variants of its C919 narrowbody aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
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.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
China Eastern announced the C919 order almost a year to the day since the Comac narrowbody received its type certification.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
China’s decades as aviation’s fastest growth country is over for now, and it will take years for aircraft deliveries to return to previous levels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Gallop Air Chairman Yang Qiang has signed a letter of intent with Comac to buy 15 ARJ21s and 15 C919s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China Eastern has taken delivery of its second Comac C919, with data showing its first narrow-body airliner has clocked an average of 5.5 flying hours daily.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The move provides full clarity on the destination airlines for Hainan Airlines’ commitment for 60 C919s made in April 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
How China’s complicated relationship with the West could result in a permanent shift away from single-source supply chains.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
The export restrictions placed by China on gallium and germanium are unlikely to cause additional defense supply bottlenecks.
Supply Chain

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

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and its G7 allies could use sanctions to hobble China’s foreign-part-dependent aerospace sector in a Taiwan Strait conflict, a new report says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The flight from Shanghai to Beijing marks completion of research, development, manufacturing, and commissioning of the Comac narrowbody.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China’s ministry of industry and information technology has given China Mobile the green light to conduct tests of 5G air to ground (5G ATG).
Interiors & Connectivity

By Chen Chuanren
Hainan Airline Group has signed a framework agreement on behalf of subsidiary Urumqi Air with Comac for the Xinjiang-based carrier to add C919s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Developed by China's AECC, the CJ-1000A has been developed as an alternate powerplant for the Comac C919 narrowbody airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sash Tusa
Aircraft deliveries to China have collapsed, and big hurdles stand in the way of a sharp rebound.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
China Eastern is the launch customer of the C919 and expects to begin domestic service with the newly certified narrowbody aircraft in early 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Fifteen pilots have received their Comac C919 type certification following a two-month evaluation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
This is the first FAA TSO-certified avionics component to be developed and manufactured by a company in China.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The COMAC C919 airliner attained its airworthiness certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China on Sept. 29, more than five years after first flight.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
The C919’s expected entry into service before the end of 2021 has revived talk that COMAC could grab a big share of the narrowbody market in the coming years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is still yet to begin recertifying the Boeing 737 MAX, saying that major safety concerns raised have “not been fully met.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
China Eastern Airlines will be the official launch operator of the COMAC C919 after it became the first carrier to sign a purchase agreement for five of the domestically built aircraft on March 1.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) will reportedly hand over the first C919 narrowbody airliner to its first client by the end of 2021, according to COMAC general engineer Yang Zhigang.
Aircraft & Propulsion