BIG AVIATION REPORT

Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 11:18:09 MT

LEEHAM · AIRLINES

C929 SUPPLY CHAIN BUILDS OUT AS COMAC’S DETAILED DESIGN CONTINUES...

By Jennifer Meszaros • Contributing Writer October 13, 2026 Comac’s C929 widebody program is gaining momentum on the manufacturing front with suppliers taking on major structural work and preparing to deliver components for development aircraft.

SCOTT: Ask what this does to pairings, the MEL, and the jumpseat. Press releases are written for investors. You fly the leftover.

READ THE STORY AT LEEHAM...

FRONT PAGE...   6AM EDITION...

***

MORE ON THIS DESK...