China to design new widebody with Russia next year

The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) is planning to design a new widebody aircraft with Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. next year, according to COMAC chairman Jin Zhuanglong. Russian media said in June the new widebody would be designed based on the Russian-made Ilyushin IL-96 aircraft and...

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