Comac

By Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Chen Chuanren, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Listen in as editors at Singapore Airshow discuss Comac's starring role, the C919's prospects in today's market and what this could mean for the Airbus-Boeing duopoly.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Comac has its C919 aircraft on display at Singapore Airshow 2024. Guy Norris outlines the differences between the aircraft's two variants.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Aviation Week's Guy Norris takes us on a guided tour inside the Comac C919, which is making its international air show debut here in Singapore.
Singapore Airshow

By Christine Boynton
While Riyadh Air is planning an initial narrowbody order with Boeing or Airbus, COO Peter Bellew says Comac will become "a real force to be reckoned with.”
Singapore Airshow

By Joe Anselmo
Comac stole the show on the first day of this year’s Singapore Airshow but AIA says the Chinese OEM remains years away from becoming a serious challenger to Boeing or Airbus.
Singapore Airshow

By Jens Flottau
As the C919 makes its international debut at Singapore Airshow, Airbus Commercial CEO Christian Scherer says Comac could be a competitor in future.
Singapore Airshow

By Chen Chuanren
Comac’s C919 and ARJ21 landed in Singapore on a gloomy Thursday afternoon for the 2024 edition of Singapore Airshow.
Singapore Airshow

By Adrian Schofield
Airlines including Cebu Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways and Cathay Pacific are planning to place major orders.
Singapore Airshow

By Piotr Butowski
The Russian defense ministry has contracted the development of new Ilyushin Il-100 super-heavy transport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Air China says it will be raising funds and some of the proceeds will go toward buying 17 domestically developed Comac C919 and ARJ21 airliners.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
The C919 is an important aircraft for China; with it, Comac could become a single aisle replacement for Boeing in the Chinese markets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The plan to develop a Chinese-made airliner for high-altitude plateau flight comes just weeks after plans for a hot & high variant of the C919 was revealed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Forecasts, snapshots and commercial aircraft programs to watch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Chinese commercial aircraft manufacturer Comac has displayed a model of a 19-seat all-electric regional aircraft, the CE-25A.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

By Lee Ann Shay
How Gameco is expanding its MRO offerings, including airframe maintenance, conversions and components.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The update is the most significant Comac has provided on the C929 since Russia dropped out of what was previously a bilateral program.
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 Matthew Fulco
China is learning the science of airliners, but politics remains an issue, experts say.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
After a pre-pandemic boom, Chinese lessors have sharply curtailed their business expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

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 Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Richard Aboulafia
As Russia pulls out of the CR929 and Airbus and Boeing sit on their hands, JetZero is showing that its radical new concept just might be for real.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Comac/CATL electric aircraft venture; high-power silicon battery; JetBlue and carbon capture; and fly/drive evTOL hovers.
Emerging Technologies