C919

The C919 is a narrow-body passenger jet developed by China's state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). It is designed to compete with established models from Boeing and Airbus.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its first international commercial flight and ongoing delivery delays linked to US export restrictions.

Latest on C919

• China’s C919 jet faces further delivery delays amid US export chill: analysts
• China’s C919 supply chain: inside the push to replace Western aerospace parts
• ‘Very smooth’: passenger shares experience on C919’s first commercial international flight
• China's C919 makes 1st international flight in challenge to Boeing, Airbus
• China's C919 jet makes first international commercial flight
• High-altitude variant of China’s C919 airliner completes first test flight in Shanghai

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