claiming that neither Boeing, nor Airbus see COMAC as a competitor, echoed in Russia’s reluctance to participate in the CR929 program. One popular argument to explain them is that Western partners were afraid to share their newest technologies fearing China’s lack of respect for intellectual property. Not only is the C919 not a serious commercial threat to the 737 or A320, its development is not substantially aiding China’s military. Of course, the range is not the only parameter an aircraft can compete by. The development was beset by all kinds of problems, including accusations of commercial espionage from the Western partners, and the first C919 prototype managed to take off only in May of 2017. This will be a narrow body with seating capacities ranging between 168 and 190. Read more https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-peladeau-urges-ottawa-to-reject-air-canada-takeover-of-air-transat/, January 10, 2021 - by John Ostrower for www.theaircurrent.com. This week, flightglobal.com reports that the authorization, issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on November 27, means that the aircraft design is finalized and verified. Mr. Péladeau's offer of $223-million for Transat does not involve Quebecor Media Inc., which controls his media empire and telecom holdings, but is through his private investment firm Gestion MTRHP Inc. The aircraft has a range of 2,200 nautical miles, enough for most domestic Chinese and regional routes. It carries a similar amount of passengers, but as for range, it has more in common with regional jets like the Embraer E195 than any of the competitors that were outlined by Wu. The C919 can seat 158 to 168 passengers depending on the cabin layout, an important factor for high-demand routes. But it shows that even from available data, the C919’s fuel economy does not look good. Listing COMAC as a military end-user and potentially restricting or banning U.S. firms to supply the C919 does not serve the American national interest. Fly the COMAC C919 Airplane around the beautiful Austrian Alps, taking off from Innsbruck airport. Airbus' A320 Mobile (AL) plant is no longer exempt from tariffs applied by the US Trade Representative in the 16-year long trade war with the European Union. The plane with a tail number N3008J is set to arrive at JetBlue's hub in New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) Thursday evening from Airbus's U.S. production facility in Mobile, Alabama. Fully managed roadshow services and recruitment events. Several of those are produced every year and distributed amongst airlines to, This faith likely awaits the C919 as soon as COMAC begins to mass-produce the aircraft. Thus, assuming an average density of 0.8 liters per kilogram and using the C919’s fuel capacity of 19560 kg provided by COMAC, we have a figure of 2.43 liters per seat per 100 kilometers. The flight departed Jakarta for a 90-minute trip to Pontianak on the island of Borneo and lost radio contact. Boeing's MCAS on the 737 MAX may not have been needed at all... https://theaircurrent.com/aircraft-development/mcas-may-not-have-been-needed-on-the-737-max-at-all/, "MAX's chief engineer signed off MCAS told investigators he ... ›, What went wrong inside Boeing's cockpit? However, aerospace officials have long pleaded in vain for Ottawa to make a clear commitment to support the sector, which they claim adds $27 billion to Canadian GDP. The sixth prototype of China's home-built C919 narrowbody passenger plane completed its first test flight on Friday, marking a milestone in the program's testing schedule as … All of this is true, but there are several caveats. The Globe and Mail has obtained three letters from Mr. Péladeau to Transport Minister Marc Garneau calling for a rejection of the merger, saying he will pay $6 a share or 20 per cent more than Air Canada to purchase Transat AT Inc., a Montreal-based airline and tour company. https://twitter.com/SAR_NASIONAL/status/1347918279... January 9, 202 - by Harry Suhartono and Yudith Ho. Despite 10 years of development and a wealth of support from foreign firms, China's efforts to gain entry into western markets with an indigenous airliner continue to progress slowly as Comac struggles to bring its ambitious C919 project in line with U.S. Federal Aviation Administration requirements. "This corrosion is a direct cause of a defect in the design and [or] manufacture of aircraft by Bombardier", she alleges. It’s also apparently the beneficiary (and to some degree, the result) of massive hacking operations undertaken by the Chinese government and a government-affiliated hacking group, dubbed Turbine Panda. Comac’s cockpit view was less than rosy well before US sanctions loomed. The maximum fuel capacity for the aircraft is available and by using it we can estimate some rough fuel burn numbers. The C919 is a relatively new narrow-body jet built by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, or COMAC for short. Several of those are produced every year and distributed amongst airlines to perform heavily-publicized flights. 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So far, … The C919’s fuel burn statistics are not yet revealed, despite the aircraft being in development for over a decade. Also, the realistic physics and aerodynamics flight model makes it a pleasure to fly. In response to the riot that erupted in the US Capitol, all Trump appointees at the Federal Aviation Administration will... Qatar Airways has started rerouting flights to pass through Saudi Arabia airspace after the two countries agreed to lift... AeroTime Hub is the digital gateway to people of aviation.