Comac

By Daniel Williams
The C919 is an important aircraft for China; with it, Comac could become a single aisle replacement for Boeing in the Chinese markets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The plan to develop a Chinese-made airliner for high-altitude plateau flight comes just weeks after plans for a hot & high variant of the C919 was revealed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Forecasts, snapshots and commercial aircraft programs to watch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Chinese commercial aircraft manufacturer Comac has displayed a model of a 19-seat all-electric regional aircraft, the CE-25A.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
China’s Comac has unveiled concepts for stretched and shortened variants of its C919 narrowbody aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
How Gameco is expanding its MRO offerings, including airframe maintenance, conversions and components.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The update is the most significant Comac has provided on the C929 since Russia dropped out of what was previously a bilateral program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
All good things come to an end, including the Western aerospace and defense sector’s high hopes for China. Exclusive survey results show a pivot.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
China Eastern announced the C919 order almost a year to the day since the Comac narrowbody received its type certification.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
China is learning the science of airliners, but politics remains an issue, experts say.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
After a pre-pandemic boom, Chinese lessors have sharply curtailed their business expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Gallop Air Chairman Yang Qiang has signed a letter of intent with Comac to buy 15 ARJ21s and 15 C919s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Richard Aboulafia
As Russia pulls out of the CR929 and Airbus and Boeing sit on their hands, JetZero is showing that its radical new concept just might be for real.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Comac/CATL electric aircraft venture; high-power silicon battery; JetBlue and carbon capture; and fly/drive evTOL hovers.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
A yawning gap stands between the ambitions of Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac and its capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Comac Times (Shanghai) Aviation has been set up to supply aerospace components and batteries as China looks to develop electrically powered aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The interdependence of China’s aviation sector with global suppliers means that they are likely stuck with each other, for better or worse.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
A graphic at Comac's stand at the Paris Air Show showed no sign of UAC participation in the project any more, but Russia remains part of the program for now.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
CEO Dave Calhoun claims Airbus and Comac competitive threats are overplayed, and says OEM will need until at least 2035 to bring a new aircraft to market.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sash Tusa
Aircraft deliveries to China have collapsed, and big hurdles stand in the way of a sharp rebound.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Northwestern Polytechnical University in China has flown a subscale model of a 300-330-seat BWB airliner.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
With a carrying payload of 10 tonnes, the ARJ21 converted freighter variant is designed to fill the last-mile gap not served by larger aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia is discussing ways for it to stay in its last international aircraft program—the joint development of Sino-Russian CR929 widebody commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion