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Upstart Chinese planemaker Comac is in talks with Saudi Arabia as it seeks to disrupt the Boeing-Airbus duopoly
Comac's chair visited Saudi Arabia, per Reuters, as it looks to expand and set the cat among the pi…
Pete Syme
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United Airlines CEO says he wants to see a competitor break the Airbus-Boeing duopoly, but isn't convinced by Chinese upstart Comac
Scott Kirby said Boeing's decision to build the 737 Max instead of a new model was a "fundamental m…
Pete Syme
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China is hoping to begin deliveries of its first mainline airliner soon. Here's how the jet compares to its Boeing and Airbus competition.
Comac C919.Shi Yuge/VCG via Getty Images
Taylor Rains
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Meet the Comac C919, the first mainline airliner made by a Chinese company that could begin deliveries this year
Comac C919.Shi Yuge/VCG via Getty Images
Taylor Rains
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China flies ahead of India in developing indigenous plane
Called C919, the Chinese plane is almost the size of the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800 and has…
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COMAC to build 168 seat single aisle aircraft, it is going to give Airbus and Boeing a run for their money
COMAC kicked off research and development on the C919 in 2008 as soon as the establishment of the c…
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China's renaming of its regional jet is another clear sign its homegrown planemaker is coming for Boeing and Airbus
The ARJ21 is now to be known as the C909. The renaming plays into COMAC's ambition to enter the glo…
Matthew Loh
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China renamed its homegrown regional airliner to better sell it abroad. Here's how it compares to its closest rival.
The C909 has been compared to planes like the Boeing 717 and the McDonnell Douglas MD-80, but its c…
Taylor Rains
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China's big air show opened with a glitzy aerial display of its fighters, but crowds couldn't see much in the smog
Murky, gray smog filled the skies over Zhuhai as China kicked off its much-hyped air show with aero…
Matthew Loh
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China's upstart planemaker is taking advantage of production woes at Boeing and Airbus as it seeks to break into the Western market
Comac could deliver a C919 within a year as Boeing and Airbus deal with supply-chain problems, Paul…
Pete Syme
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Boeing had a tough 24 hours, but with CEO Kelly Ortberg's turnaround plan, analysts remain hopeful
Boeing posted a huge loss and its striking union rejected a new contract offer Wednesday. A turnaro…
Pete Syme
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Boeing isn't bringing any passenger jets to the Singapore Airshow as China's first airliner makes its international debut
Boeing's troubles following the 737 Max blowout could present an opportunity for China's first home…
Pete Syme
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This Brazilian planemaker denied reports it wants to kick Boeing while it's down and build a new jet to compete with the 737
The Journal reported Embraer was looking into making a new narrowbody plane as Boeing suffers in th…
Pete Syme
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Boeing is handling the 737 Max 9 crisis 'much, much better' than previous scandals, the boss of the world's top airline trade group says
Speaking before the Singapore Airshow, Willie Walsh, director general of IATA, backed both Boeing a…
Pete Syme
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China's first homegrown large passenger jet took its maiden flight after 16 years in the making — check it out
With the C919 jet, China hopes to compete with Airbus and Boeing. The aircraft made its maiden flig…
Grace Dean
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These 7 planes are trying to end Airbus and Boeing's dominance in the skies
"We will cooperate sincerely with UAC, unite as one, and strive to make the program a model of Sino…
Benjamin Zhang
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China is reportedly in talks to buy into Canada's Boeing rival
COMAC, China's state-owned commercial aircraft manufacturer, recently launched two new aircraft typ…
Benjamin Zhang
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China's first modern jetliner has finally entered airline service
First test-flown in 2008, the ARJ21-700 has overcome a series of design setbacks and production del…
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Check out China's first modern airliner
After more than a decade of development, China's first homegrown airliner earned approval early thi…