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China’s C919 plane faces turbulent skies amid US-China trade tensions

truenewj7 months ago04 mins

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s ambition to challenge Boeing and Airbus with its own passenger jet is running into turbulence, with deliveries of finished planes likely to fall well short of its announced target for this year. The C919 aircraft, a single-aisle airliner intended to rival Boeing’s 737 and Airbus A320, is manufactured by state-owned…

China’s comac is left behind in the delivery objectives of C919 aircraft, the presentations are shown

truenewj9 months ago02 mins

By Lisa Barrington (Reuters) -comac in the Chinese planner is staying behind in the delivery objectives previously declared for the production of its C919 commercial body of a narrow body, according to the regulatory presentations of the three airlines that fly the model. China Eastern Airlines, Air China and China Southern expected 32 of the…