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Airbus Expects Increasing Compettion From Chinese Comac

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Just a few years ago, European aircraft manufacturer Airbus wasn’t particularly concerned about the rise of Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac. These days, however, Airbus is carefully adjusting its language “Hardly a week goes by without us discussing competition in China,” said Lars Wagner, Airbus’s Head of Commercial Aircraft, during a recent press conference in Toulouse. Wagner increasingly views Comac as a serious rival because the Shangha…

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"They invest heavily in green hydrogen, production, robotics, automation" and "started to reduce the share of Western components in the C919", its medium-haul aircraft competing with Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, said Wednesday Lars Wagner, director of the European giant's commercial aircraft, during a press conference in Toulouse at a two-day event dedicated to commercial aircraft. "We also learned from other industries that once China decided to…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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The director of the Airbus commercial aircraft admits that Chinese competition is invited every week in the internal discussions. Behind the admission, a fundamental movement: the C919 reduces its share of Western components.

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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
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