LONDON: To ring in the new year, China’s homegrown jet, the C919 – nicknamed “daifeiji”, or “Great Airplane” – took its first regularly scheduled passenger flight outside the Chinese ...

China Eastern Airlines received its 10th C919 jetliner from its manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) on Dec 31 in Shanghai, according to the Shanghai-based carrier. [Provided to ...

The C919, by contrast, was marketed as a shift from this joint-venture legacy. It is China’s first major attempt to build a jetliner designed for global competitiveness, incorporating contemporary ...

Shen Bo, COMAC's Deputy General Manager, announced during the annual “Two Sessions” plenary parliamentary meeting in Shanghai on January 17, 2025, that the company plans to achieve a production ...

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...

Flight attendants interact with passengers during a themed activity aboard a C919 passenger jet carrying out a flight from Guangzhou to Chengdu, on Jan. 14, 2025. The China Southern Airlines held ...

China Eastern Airlines on Wednesday started using China's domestically-produced C919 jetliner for regular flights between Shanghai and Hong Kong. Flight MU721 carrying 157 passengers took off from ...

COMAC, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, also aims for European certification for the C919 as early as this year, Yang Yang, deputy general manager of the company's marketing centre ...

A C919 jetliner of the China Eastern Airlines arrives at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, June 1, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] In 2024, the civil aviation industry achieved a record ...