Chinese airframer Comac recently mounted an autoclave near Shanghai that will produce the C919 narrowbody aircraft. The autoclave will be used to produce composite parts for the C919, says Comac in a ...

This success marks the completion of the 19 months strength research and static fatigue test project on the C919 aircraft composite rear fuselage, one of C919 seven components. C919 composite aircraft ...

Comac plans to use carbon-fiber composite for the center wingbox of its 156-seat C919 narrowbody airliner but stick to aluminum for the outer wing to limit technical risk. The manufacturer aims to ...

SINGAPORE, Feb 18 (Reuters) - China's challenger to Airbus and Boeing's passenger jets, the narrow-body C919 manufactured by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), has made its first ...

China’s C919 twin-engine airliner has flown its first pre-delivery test flight, moving the new narrowbody type a step closer to entering service. The three-hour flight took place Saturday at Shanghai ...

The first-ever C919, China’s first domestically developed narrow-body passenger jet, was delivered to China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai and is expected to be put into commercial operation next spring ...

China Eastern Airlines said on Thursday it will buy another 100 C919 airplanes in a deal worth $10 billion at list prices, in what would be the largest ever order for the jet made by the Commercial ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Aerospace & Defense Composite Ducting Market by Aircraft Type 2017-2022" report to their offering. The global ...

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 ...