By Aditi Shah and Tim Hepher DUBAI (Reuters) – Chinese state-owned planemaker COMAC has the opportunity to break Airbus and Boeing’s duopoly of the passenger jet market over the next decade, the chief of aircraft leasing company Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) told Reuters. Airbus and Boeing are the main suppliers of aircraft to airlines, but […]
Two companies, Boeing and Airbus, have dominated the aviation industry for decades. But Boeing’s recent struggles with safety this year, as well as production shortages for both planemakers, could be pushing carriers to wonder whether it’s time to change up the competitive landscape. “We need more competition in the aerospace business,” United Airlines CEO Scott […]
By Lisa Barrington SEOUL (Reuters) – Chinese planemaker COMAC is eyeing Saudi Arabia as a launch pad for its international ambitions, as the state-owned company steps up efforts to sell overseas and break into a passenger jet market dominated by Western manufacturers. Chairman Dongfeng He visited Saudi Arabia for the first time this week, having […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s COMAC is expanding production facilities for its homegrown C919 jets in Shanghai, according to one of the project contractors, as the state-owned planemaker ramps up manufacturing to fulfill hundreds of new orders. China Aviation Planning and Design Institute (Group) Co. Ltd. (AVIC-CAPDI), a state-owned provider of aviation planning and construction services, […]
By Brenda Goh and Lisa Barrington SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese state-owned planemaker COMAC upstaged industry leaders Airbus and Boeing at the Singapore Airshow this week, showing off its self-developed C919 and ARJ21 jets as it pursues international certifications and foreign orders. “A reliable new choice,” proclaimed an advertisement on COMAC’s large booth in the centre […]
By Brenda Goh and Lisa Barrington SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese state-owned planemaker COMAC upstaged industry leaders Airbus and Boeing at the Singapore Airshow this week, showing off its self-developed C919 and ARJ21 jets as it pursues international certifications and foreign orders. “A reliable new choice,” proclaimed an advertisement on COMAC’s large booth in the centre […]
By Lisa Barrington, Brenda Goh and Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore on Tuesday kicked off Asia’s biggest aviation gathering with orders for China’s COMAC and Boeing planes as the industry grapples with a rebound in post-pandemic travel demand in the face of severe supply constraints. More than 1,000 companies from more than 50 countries are […]
By Brenda Goh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China’s Tibet Airlines on Tuesday finalised an order for 40 C919 and 10 ARJ21 jets from COMAC designed to be suitable for high-altitude plateaus, becoming the launch customer for a new variant the Chinese state-owned planemaker is developing. The two companies signed the deal on the sidelines of the biennial […]