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China’s Comac C919 Airliner Faces Uncertain Delay
China’s Comac is using an engineering flight simulator to develop the cockpit for its new C919 airliner, which now faces an unspecified delay in service entry due to a further one or two year hold-up in certifying its smaller ARJ21 aircraft. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
China’s Comac is using an engineering flight simulator to develop the cockpit for its new C919 airliner, which now faces an unspecified delay in service entry due to a further one or two year hold-up in certifying its smaller ARJ21 aircraft. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Beyond an admission by China’s Comac that the development timetable for its new C919 narrowbody will be pushed back by a further delay of one or two years in the certification of its ARJ21 regional airliner, precise details on the program is progressing remain hard to pin down. At Airshow China earlier this month, Comac claimed that the C919 is now backed by 380 “orders” but the company gave no public comment as to how far back the planned service-entry in 2016 may now slip due to new delays with the ARJ21.

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