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Civilian aviation news October 21, 2025

Vietjet Ends COMAC C909 Lease in Setback for Chinese Jet’s Global Push

AviationNews – Vietnamese carrier Vietjet has ended its landmark wet-lease for two COMAC C909 aircraft from Chengdu Airlines, opting not to renew the contract after…

Civilian aviation news June 17, 2025

COMAC Showcases Aircraft and Signs Key Cooperation Agreements at Paris Air Show 2025

Paris, France, 16 June 2025 – The 55th International Paris Air Show opened at Paris Le Bourget Exhibition Center, where Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China,…

Civilian aviation news May 2, 2025

Ryanair threatens Trump with Boeing order cancellation

Ryanair will stop buying 737 Max planes from US manufacturer Boeing if they become more expensive due to President Donald Trump’s import tariffs. The Irish…

Civilian aviation news November 25, 2024

ARJ21 gets commercial name C909 COMAC unifies names of aircraft products as “COMAC+”

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) held a product conference on November 12th, 2024 during the 15th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow…

Civilian aviation news November 4, 2024

COMAC attends 2024 China Aviation Industry Conference and Nanchang Air Show ARJ21 and C919 conduct duel-aircraft demonstration flights in formation for first time

At the opening ceremony of 2024 China Aviation Industry Conference and Nanchang Air Show held on November 2nd, 2024, an ARJ21 aircraft and a C919…

Civilian aviation news March 15, 2024

Europe regulator says will take time needed to approve China jet

COLOGNE, March 15 (Reuters) – Europe’s air safety regulator will take whatever time is needed to approve China’s C919 passenger jet, its top official told…

AviationNews Articles February 23, 2024

Record visitor numbers at Singapore Airshow

About 60,000 trade delegates at Singapore show, a record number Attendees say supply chain concerns linger after pandemic China’s COMAC makes first C919 flight outside…

Civilian aviation news February 21, 2024

Tibet Airlines finalises orders for 40 C919, 10 ARJ21 jets from China’s COMAC

SINGAPORE, Feb 20 (Reuters) – China’s Tibet Airlines on Tuesday finalised an order for 40 C919 and 10 ARJ21 jets from COMAC designed to be…

Civilian aviation news February 19, 2024

China’s first homegrown airliner makes international debut in Singapore

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),…

Civilian aviation news September 22, 2023

Brunei’s Gallop Air places $2 bln order for China-made C919, ARJ21 jets

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN/SHANGHAI, Sept 22 (Reuters) – GallopAir, a new Brunei-based airline, plans to buy 30 aircraft from Chinese planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China…

Civilian aviation news January 13, 2023

China expects annual production capacity of C919 planes to reach 150 in 5 years

BEIJING, Jan 12 (Reuters) – China expects to reach annual production capacity of 150 domestically-produced C919 planes in five years, government-backed media The Paper said…

Civilian aviation news December 19, 2022

COMAC delivers first domestically built ARJ21 regional jet to a foreign airline

Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has delivered a single ARJ21 domestically built regional jet to Indonesian low-cost carrier TransNusa, its…

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