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Comac C939

Comac C939

Chinese widebody passenger aircraft

The Comac C939 is a planned long-range wide-body twinjet airliner family being developed by Chinese Comac as a competitor to the Boeing 777 and Airbus A350.[1] It is designed to be larger than the other two models in its domestically produced aircraft line: the Comac C919 and Comac C929.[1]

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Design

In May 2024, the designs for the C939 were reported to have a capacity of 400 seats and a range of 7,000 nautical miles [nmi] (13,000 km; 8,100 mi).[1] The C939 is expected to be a twinjet.

Development

In June 2011, Comac was studying the 290-seat C929 and 390-seat C939 wide-body aircraft.[3] Preliminary plans for the C939 were mentioned in Chinese newspapers in 2015 and 2017.[4]

In May 2024, South China Morning Post reported that the Comac has initiated work on the C939.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Chen, Frank (13 May 2024). "China begins work on new C939 widebody jet, going bigger and bolder after C919's success". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. [2]
    "China's COMAC working on preliminary designs for new C939 widebody jet, SCMP reports". Yahoo Finance. Reuters. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. [3]
    "China's Comac Joins Commercial Passenger Plane Industry". The Chosun Ilbo. 30 June 2011.
  4. [4]
    Venckunas, Valius (16 December 2020). "What is COMAC C939 and when will it fly?". Aerotime Hub. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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