COMAC C919

Flight performance at the Singapore Airshow.

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High-resolution images of the C919 on static display at the Singapore Airshow.

More images of the C919 on static display at the Singapore Airshow.

A few more cockpit images.

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These seem related events. I would not be surprised if we see some intense negotiations behind the scenes and for a deal to be announced in the next year or two.

The Saudis have been buying Chinese aerospace products for a long time.

The DF-3A deal was one of first big arms sales for China after Deng's reforms.

bloomberg article on this. I will say that since I'm not there, it's good to actually read about excitement from so many people on seeing C919 for the first time.

"When we started negotiating with COMAC they said if a customer can order more than 30 aircraft we can configure to put MRO in the customer country," Chi said.

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COMAC definitely going out of its way to put maintenance and repairs at ease for customers