China’s homegrown passenger jet

Beijing’s narrow-body C919 airliner – a potential rival to Boeing and Airbus planes – has made its first foray outside Chinese territory by staging a flyby at the Singapore Airshow

COMAC C919 (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China)

Seating two-class: 158-174 
Range: 4,075km-5,555km 
List price: $108 million

Fuel capacity: 24,364 litres 
Length: 38.9m
Max payload: 20,400kg

Auxiliary power unit Honeywell (U.S.). Flight data recorders GE (U.S.)

Engines: LEAP 1C Safran group, France/GE

Avionics, flight control system Honeywell

Boeing 737-8            Airbus A320neo

Seating two-class: 162-178 
Range: 6,480km
List price: $121.6 million

Seating two-class: 150-180 
Range: 6,300km
List price: $110.6 million




Sources: Airbus, Boeing, COMAC, Simple Flying
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