EASA announces C919 certification will take "between three and six years", derailing COMAC’s hopes for a 2025 green light.

Ryanair's warning that it could ditch Boeing in favour of a Chinese rival is just a bluff... for now, writes Adam Maguire.

Even if it doesn’t challenge Airbus or Boeing on the global stage, strong domestic growth will boost the aircraft maker ...

Europe's aviation regulator needs between three and six years to certify Chinese planemaker COMAC's C919 single-aisle ...

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While Beijing’s decision to suspend purchases from US planemakers seemed drastic, the Chinese beg to differ, says aviation ...

LYON—The Comac C919, China’s foray into the current-generation commercial narrowbody aircraft market, may receive its European certification in 3-6 years, European Union Aviation Safety Agency ...

Until 2023, all components for COMAC’s twin-engine passenger aircraft were produced at FACC’s headquarter in Austria. With ...

Michael O'Leary is considering buying planes from China's Comac.Clodagh Kilcoyne/REUTERS Ryanair's CEO said he was considering buying planes from China's Comac because of lower prices. A congressman ...

COMAC's C919 - designed to compete with best-selling narrow-body models from Airbus and Boeing - entered service in China in 2023 after winning domestic safety certification in 2022. While it ...

Together with GE Aerospace, Safran co-produces LEAP jet engines for best-selling Boeing and Airbus narrow-body jets, as well as China's COMAC C919 jetliner. Factories are based in France and the ...

The Comac C919 is a narrow-body plane similar to the best-selling Airbus A320 and Boeing's 737. It has received more than 1,000 orders, almost entirely from Chinese companies. Airbus CEO Guillaume ...