Comac’s C919 narrowbody will perform a demonstration flight in Hong Kong, marking the first time the type will be showcased outside of Mainland China more than a year after certification. The city’s ...

The COMAC C919 completed its first commercial flight on Sunday, May 28. Designed to break the duopoly Airbus and Boeing have on commercial aircraft production, the C919 competes directly with the ...

The C919 is China’s home-grown, narrowbody passenger jet designed to carry 158 to192 passengers and compete with Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A320. Built by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China ...

The C919 is a homegrown helicopter in China that has travelled many miles since it first appeared in the commercial airspace in 2023. The very first flight of China Eastern Airlines between Shanghai ...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, May 28 (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd (600115.SS), opens new tab entered China's home-grown narrow-body C919 jet into passenger service on Sunday and completed its first ...

Two Chinese-made passenger jetliners landed in Hong Kong on Tuesday, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s efforts to break into the Western-dominated aircraft market. The C919, a large ...

SHANGHAI, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On December 1, at 11:08 a.m., China Eastern Airlines flight MU9179 touched down smoothly at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport, which sits at an ...

Shanghai: China's first domestically produced passenger jet made its maiden commercial flight on Sunday when a China Eastern Airlines C919 flew from Shanghai to Beijing. The journey marks a milestone ...

China's first large homegrown passenger jet made its inaugural commercial flight on Sunday, flying from Shanghai to Beijing, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. Flying as China Eastern Airlines ...

May 2008: China establishes the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) in Shanghai and announces plans to produce its first large commercial jetliner, which it calls the C919. April 2009: ...

The Comac C919 will fly from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, although experts say it could take generations for it to challenge the west’s dominance of the industry China hopes to break into the ...