Passenger jet billed as China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus prepares to make first international flight
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/comac-c919-chinese-passenger-jet-china-plane-first-international-flight
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A_A@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3d
The Comac C919 is a narrow-body airliner developed by Chinese state owned aircraft manufacturer Comac. The development program was launched in 2008 as a competitor to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. Production began in December 2011, with the first prototype being rolled out on 2 November 2015; the maiden flight took place on 5 May 2017. On 29 September 2022 the C919 received its CAAC type certificate. The first production airframe was delivered to China Eastern Airlines on 9 December 2022 and was put into commercial passenger service on 28 May 2023.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac_C919
A_A@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3d
turbofan motors are from USA, some assembly in France, future parts could be from India ...
: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_LEAP
keimevo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3d
Yeah, the aeronautic industry is on China's current 5-year plan, but they're way way too early in this race. Pretty much the entire plane is made of parts from outside China.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 1d
isn't this the case with boeing and airbus as well?
icelimit@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1d
They start somewhere. It would be remiss to think they'll stay entirely reliant on imports forever. They're already making headway on semiconductors.