To date, COMAC has introduced two aircraft types: the ARJ21-700, a regional jet, and the C919, a 150-seat transport aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 78.9 tons and a range of 5,555 kilometers.

The Comac C919 is not very different from what Airbus and Boeing already have in the market, and that it was "not going to rock the boat in particular," Christian Scherer, chief executive officer ...

Shanghai, China--(Newsfile Corp. - November 8, 2024) - Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC ... first C919 aircraft is an extended-range model, configured with a 158-seat, two ...

Comac intends the C919 aircraft to be a short and medium-haul workhorse to connect hubs to both large and small cities. Reuters reported the plane can seat between 158 and 192 passengers ...

Comac has bigger ambitions for the C919. Seating up to 168 people, China's first large passenger jet is designed to compete with Boeing's 737 Max and Airbus's A320neo. Its third test flight was ...

China is banking on the C919 to make it less reliant on foreign-made technology from Airbus and Boeing. Aerospace manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, or Comac, launched its ...