37 h. ago What You Need to Know About Comac, China's Boeing and Airbus Rival

What You Need to Know About Comac, China's Boeing and Airbus Rival  Business Insider

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5 d. ago US lets GE restart jet engine shipments to China's COMAC, source says: Reuters

US lets GE restart jet engine shipments to China's COMAC, source says: Reuters  CNBC

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6 d. ago US lets GE restart jet engine shipments to China's COMAC, source says

US lets GE restart jet engine shipments to China's COMAC, source says  Reuters

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6 d. ago Exclusive: US lifts license suspensions for GE jet engines to China's COMAC

Exclusive: US lifts license suspensions for GE jet engines to China's COMAC  Reuters

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6 d. 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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1 week 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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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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3 w. ago At Paris Air Show, China’s aviation suppliers circle for a landing

China’s presence at the Paris Air Show – the globally renowned civil aviation expo – is usually reduced to Beijing’s biggest names in the field. In particular, conversation tends to focus on the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), the maker of the C919 passenger jet. But things have changed this year. Dozens of lesser-known Chinese firms from across the supply chain have flocked to the European capital to showcase their products to Western buyers. The number of Chinese companies...

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3 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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3 w. ago China steps up global aviation expansion as Comac bids for Laos carrier

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has reportedly bid to take a majority stake in the flag carrier of Laos, as the state-owned Chinese aviation firm continues its push to expand its market in Southeast Asia. The deal – which is pending approval by the Lao authorities – would see Comac help Lao Airlines overhaul its operations and stem its losses in exchange for the carrier agreeing to use the Chinese company’s passenger jets, Vientiane Times quoted Prime Minister Sonexay...

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