Comac’s in-development C929 widebody programme appears to be progressing, despite the Chinese airframer having quietly dropped its Russian joint-venture partner. Qi Xuefeng, Comac’s deputy general ...

China's COMAC C929 is now well into its design phase. Full-scale mock-ups have appeared at shows around China, while an OSINT account, Hurin, has reported that China has successfully test-run its ...

Li Dongsheng, chief engineer of composites at COMAC, said that the firm’s previous models like the ARJ21 regional jet used about 2 percent composite materials, mainly in the rear and some minor parts.

SEOUL/BEIJING, March 26 (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned planemaker COMAC's first wide-body jet is in its "detailed design stage", an executive said on Tuesday, following a report from the jet's ...

ZHUHAI, China, Nov 12 (Reuters) - COMAC said on Tuesday that Air China (601111.SS), opens new tab was the first customer for the Chinese planemaker's C929 widebody aircraft under development that is ...

The CRAIC CR929, formerly known as Comac C929, is a planned long-range 250-to-320-seat wide-body twinjet airliner family to be developed by CRAIC, a joint-venture between Chinese Comac and Russian ...

Air China will be the launch customer for the Comac C929 widebody aircraft. The OEM and flag carrier signed a framework agreement on Nov. 12 at the Zhuhai Airshow, which is expected to see Air China ...

Designed to challenge the Airbus-Boeing duopoly on long international hauls, the C929 wide-body passenger aircraft has a seating capacity of 280 and a range of 12,000 kilometres. China’s first ...

Comac has kicked off a joint research meeting for its in-development C929 widebody, bringing together a large group of academics, scientists and engineers, as well as government officials, from across ...

A Comac C929 model on display at the Super Terminal Expo in Hong Kong. Credit: Chen Chuanren/Aviation Week Network HONG KONG—Comac has hinted that it is currently in the process of securing the launch ...