7 h. ago China's upstart planemaker hails 'breakthrough' in its plan to take on Boeing and Airbus

China's upstart planemaker hails 'breakthrough' in its plan to take on Boeing and Airbus  Business Insider

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7 d. ago Decoding the future of China’s C919 jet in a shifting aviation landscape

The C919, China’s first indigenous narrowbody jet, embodies Beijing’s progress in pursuing technology self-sufficiency and holds the potential to reshape the global aviation market, but it faces a host of difficulties in challenging established giants Boeing and Airbus. In the latest China Future Tech webinar, Jason Li Hanming, a US-based aviation analyst, along with SCMP reporters Frank Chen, William Zheng and moderator Ralph Jennings, discussed questions surrounding the home-grown Chinese...

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9 d. ago Book Review: "Upstart" by Oriana Skylar Mastro and "Should the World Fear China?" by Zhou Bo

Book Review: "Upstart" by Oriana Skylar Mastro and "Should the World Fear China?" by Zhou Bo  Foreign Affairs

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2 w. ago China’s C929 widebody jet to make maiden commercial flight by 2035: source

The company developing China’s first home-grown widebody passenger jet – the C929 – is aiming to see it make its maiden commercial flight by 2035, foreign partners have been told at this week’s Paris Air Show, according to a person familiar with the discussion. The time frame, although longer than previous estimates, was in line with the “long-haul” one that Boeing and Airbus used when developing their first widebodies and reflected Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China’s (Comac) “prudence”...

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2 w. ago China’s C929 jet secures Western tech as manufacturer signs parts deals

China’s chief civilian aircraft maker has secured deals to buy Western-made parts for its first widebody jet – expected to resemble the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 series – despite ongoing turbulence in trade and supply chains. The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) reached an agreement to work with French aerospace firm Safran on the development of the widebody C929’s brake controls, ice detection system, tyre pressure indicators and on-board oxygen system, according to reports...

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4 w. ago Boeing Stock Dips. Airbus May Have Won a Big China Order, Report Says.

Boeing Stock Dips. Airbus May Have Won a Big China Order, Report Says.  Barron's

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