The Business Times
business-time-50

Graphic: China’s Comac puts up fierce competition against Airbus and Boeing

Summarise
google-preferred-sourceAdd BT as a preferred source

Teoh Yi Chie

Published Mon, Feb 9, 2026 · 07:49 PM
阅读简体中文版 (beta)
    • Sketch of Comac C919 at the Singapore Airshow 2026
    • A Comac C919 aircraft at a flying display at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore. This narrow-body single-aisle plane is aimed at the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market.
    • Sketch of Comac C919 at the Singapore Airshow 2026 Teoh Yi Chie
    • A Comac C919 aircraft at a flying display at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore. This narrow-body single-aisle plane is aimed at the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

    For the second time in two years, the Comac C919 was on full display at the Singapore Airshow. This Chinese narrow-body single-aisle plane is aimed at the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market that Airbus and Boeing are in. Additionally, Chinese planemaker Comac is pursuing European certification from regulators which will allow it to sell to European carriers. The Business Times was on the ground at the Singapore Airshow 2026 to check out this new competitor and see just how it will compete with the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX.

    Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.

    Singapore Airshow 2026Infographics

    Share with us your feedback on BT's products and services

    Feedback

    TRENDING NOW

    Longest-serving chief minister Taib Mahmud’s legacy looms large over Sarawak as a family feud over his estate threatens to expose skeleton’s in the eastern state’s political closet.

    On the board but frozen out: The Taib family feud tearing Sarawak construction giant apart

    Piyush Gupta, chairman of SMU, Keppel and Mandai Wildlife Group, said: "We have to position the parks to serve our advocacy purpose, to serve an entertainment purpose, to continue to be what Singaporeans want.”

    Not retirement, but a rewiring and fresh perspectives post-DBS, says Piyush Gupta

    Thailand’s target is to export seven million tonnes of rice globally in 2026, but the Middle East war has turned the world topsy-turvy with supply disruptions, high oil prices and economic uncertainty.

    Thai and Vietnamese farmers may stop planting rice because of the Iran war. Here’s why

    Among the STI components that will trade ex-dividend this week are DBS and Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust.

    Power of payouts: A big chunk of the STI has just gone ex-dividend. What’s next?

    Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
    Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
    View More