Comac C939

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Comac C939
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Type Wide-body jet airliner
National origin China
Manufacturer Comac
StatusIn preliminary design [1] [2]

The Comac C939 is a planned long-range wide-body twinjet airliner family being developed by Chinese Comac as a competitor to the Boeing 777X 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 four hundred to five hundred seats and a range of 7,000 nautical miles [nmi] (13,000 km; 8,100 mi). [3] The C939 is expected to be a twinjet. [3]

Development

In June 2011, Comac was studying the 290-seat wide-body C929 and 390-seat C939 extra-wide-body aircraft. [4] Preliminary plans for the C939 were mentioned in Chinese newspapers in 2015 and 2017. [5]

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

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 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. 1 2 Chen, Frank; Jennings, Ralph (13 November 2024). "China's 4 commercial jets unboxed: from the rebranded C909 to a futuristic C939". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "China's Comac Joins Commercial Passenger Plane Industry". The Chosun Ilbo . 30 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Venckunas, Valius (16 December 2020). "What is COMAC C939 and when will it fly?". Aerotime Hub. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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