China's C919 Jet Makes First International Commercial Flight
Air China will operate the daily route as COMAC seeks overseas customers despite the C919’s reliance on foreign components and limited regulator certification.
- On Wednesday, China's "independently developed" C919 passenger jet, built by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, departed Beijing Capital International Airport for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, marking its first scheduled international commercial flight.
- Operated domestically since 2023, the narrow-body Comac C919 is designed to challenge the Boeing-Airbus duopoly, positioning the state-owned manufacturer as a potential global competitor in commercial aviation.
- Retired aviation analyst Rob Morris told CNBC that "COMAC's pace of development and production is simply too slow" to compete globally, while the aircraft remains reliant on foreign components and lacks major Western certifications.
- Despite backing COMAC, China confirmed an order of 200 Boeing planes in May, demonstrating continued reliance on U.S.-made commercial jets even as Beijing pursues domestic production capacity.
- AeroDynamic Advisory managing director Richard Aboulafia noted complex supply chain bottlenecks hinder production, stating "The answer is all of them" regarding parts required to build a plane.
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(Beijing=Yonhap News) Correspondent Han Jong-gu = China's independently developed medium-sized passenger aircraft, the C919, has begun international operations for the first time.
The C919 is expected to compete with Airbus and Boeing in the long term. Now, the passenger jet developed in China has flown on a regular international route for the first time.
The C919 is expected to compete with Airbus and Boeing in the long term. Now, the passenger jet developed in China has flown on a regular international route for the first time.
China's C919 passenger aircraft made its first scheduled international flight today. The plane departed from Beijing and landed about two and a half hours later in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of neighboring Mongolia. It has since returned to Beijing. The model has been used in domestic airspace for years, but has now crossed the border for the first time. The C919 is a medium-sized, single-aisle aircraft intended for short- and medium-haul flights…
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