China is claiming a historic win this week after its answer to Boeing and Airbus, the C919, took to the skies for its first commercial flight. Beijing calls the aircraft its first large homegrown ...

But it wasn’t just any narrowbody – it was the flag carrier’s first, and so far the only, C919 jetliner. The C919 is China’s ...

SHANGHAI, May 30, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On May 28, China Eastern Airlines (CEA) marked the second anniversary of the commercial operation of the C919, a domestically produced large passenger ...

China's domestically produced C919 aircraft, a rival designed to compete with the best-selling narrow-body models of dominant plane manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, marked its second anniversary ...

BEIJING, Sept 28 (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS), opens new tab said on Thursday it will buy another 100 C919 airplanes in a deal worth $10 billion at list prices, in what would be ...

Hong Kong CNN — Beijing’s C919 airliner, a potential rival to Western-made Boeing and Airbus planes, made its first foray outside Chinese territory on Sunday by staging a flyby at the ...

BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines, the initial customer for the country's homegrown narrow-body jet C919, will launch the plane's first commercial flight on Sunday, the carrier's ...

"It really looks like a knockoff," said Matt Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser during the Trump administration, describing the Chinese-built C919. Together, the duopoly that is ...

The C919, China’s indigenous narrowbody airliner that epitomises Beijing’s sky-high tech aspirations, will enter its third year of commercial operations next week – a feat marked by ...

China’s state-owned plane manufacturer is facing industry skepticism over its claims that its newest passenger aircraft, the C919, can break the passenger-jet duopoly of Boeing and Airbus.