COMAC C919

gelgoog said:

The US government will just put pressure on GE to stop supplying the CFM Leap engine.

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Until CJ1000A enters the market.

gelgoog said:

The US government will just put pressure on GE to stop supplying the CFM Leap engine.

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At this point I have memes.

I don’t think we get much from rehashing a hypothetical that has yet to happen and yet everyone seems to think is a foregone conclusion. It’s almost a Forum official religion.

Air China's first C919 getting painted.

my summary on today's deliveries


big day for COMAC and everyone involved. Looks like 13 deliveries expected this year. Still pretty slow

It is normal for production to ramp up slowly to begin with. But I would have to agree 13 aircraft in one year is too slow.
Is it supplier issues, problems at the manufacturing plant itself, or what?

gelgoog said:

It is normal for production to ramp up slowly to begin with. But I would have to agree 13 aircraft in one year is too slow.
Is it supplier issues, problems at the manufacturing plant itself, or what?

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this is first year of C919 production and 13 aircrafts will deliver. so production will ramp up in next year. more than double of that.. COMAC intend to hit three digit production by 2028 .. let see

as you know, second final assembly line construction is undergoing. so it doesn't look like problem in manufacturing plant. due to Russia-Ukraine war civil aviation supply chain facing problems and delays.

sunnymaxi said:

this is first year of C919 production and 13 aircrafts will deliver. so production will ramp up in next year. more than double of that.. COMAC intend to hit three digit production by 2028 .. let see

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They delivered their first C919 aircraft two years ago.

sunnymaxi said:

as you know, second final assembly line construction is undergoing. so it doesn't look like problem in manufacturing plant. due to Russia-Ukraine war civil aviation supply chain facing problems and delays.

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While there are issues due to lack of aviation grade titanium which used to come from Russia and the like, a much bigger issue is that the aviation majors throttled down aircraft production pre-COVID and now they have issues getting production of parts and aircraft back on track.

Some photos from the delivery ceremony where Air China and China Southern received their first C919.

gelgoog said:

They delivered their first C919 aircraft two years ago.


While there are issues due to lack of aviation grade titanium which used to come from Russia and the like, a much bigger issue is that the aviation majors throttled down aircraft production pre-COVID and now they have issues getting production of parts and aircraft back on track.

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Supply chain issue would seems to be something that China knows how to solve, and then using it as a competitive edge: