China’s first domestically made passenger jet has flown its maiden commercial flight, as China looks to compete with industry giants such as Boeing and Airbus in the global aircraft market. The C919 plane, built by the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China, carried about 130 passengers on the flight. It took off Sunday morning from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and landed less than two hours later in Beijing. The inaugural flight comes as COMAC looks to break into the single-aisle jet market in a direct challenge to Airbus and Boeing. While COMAC designed many of the C919’s parts, some of its key components are still sourced from the West, including its engine.
Wouldn't be surprised if the first runs of these planes use GE engines and in the next few years they start switching to CJ2000 engines once they can ramp up production.
China is developing its own engine for the C919, the CJ-1000A Changjiang (长江), a version of which was first unveiled at the 2012 Zhuhai Airshow, but this engine has not yet been certified, and may only start to power the C919 by 2025 at the earliest.
I should have read the entire article before posting -_-
Seems like they're close to getting some in production. It's likely easier to use GE engines as they're super common and you can easily find ground crew in basically any international airport that can work on them.
Wouldn't be surprised if the first runs of these planes use GE engines and in the next few years they start switching to CJ2000 engines once they can ramp up production.I should have read the entire article before posting -_-