Surely they'd go with new composite wings for the stretched variant to increase competitiveness against B737MAX and A320NEO. Perhaps even giving it a larger fuel tank from the weight saving.
COMAC C919
- Thread starter Deino
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Some of the stats of the stretched and the plateau variants shown at Paris Airshow 2025. The MTOW of the stretched variant is similar to A321neo
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Availability rate for C919 vs 737NG and A320 Family for a Chinese airline across February to May.
It's now August 1. In the first seven months, only five C919s were delivered, despite a goal of 50 this year.
Last year they seemed to be picking up speed, but this year the deliveries seem to have completely ground to a halt. Naturally people will suspect that the U.S. has stopped supplying engines. I noticed C909 deliveries have stalled out this year, as well.
Without U.S. engines, the CJ-500 and CJ-1000 programs become much more important.
Last year they seemed to be picking up speed, but this year the deliveries seem to have completely ground to a halt. Naturally people will suspect that the U.S. has stopped supplying engines. I noticed C909 deliveries have stalled out this year, as well.
Without U.S. engines, the CJ-500 and CJ-1000 programs become much more important.
little correction.
production slowed down but not completely ground to halt.
6th C919 delivered on 29th July. and this is the same delivery pace as last year. it means they will probably deliver 13-15 units of C919 this year. 2nd half is always the speedy one for Chinese firms.
total Nine C909 delivered this year. project is very mature now. this aircraft delivery depend on the demand.
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i believe, uncertainty between US-China played the major role here. Engine halt too but later on deliveries resumed.
two things here.
1. there is readjustment happening in supply chain.
2. i think, COMAC will continue to produce 15-20 units of C919 until domestic engine become available.
i don't know how to post direct video on this forum but fortunately tphuang shared the interview of ''Zhang Yanzhong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering''
CJ-1000A is not far away. certification process going smoothly.
lcloo
Major
Part of the conversation is:-
"We have foressen the (engine ban) problem 20 years ago, and we have been working on it (i.e. CJ1000A) since then."
"There is a product (i.e. engine) development cycle that take time..."
Before ending of video, said with wide smile "Wait for the good news"