C919 goes on tour

The COMAC C919 airliner, China’s equivalent of the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, travelled beyond its home country for the first time in February 2024 as the manufacturer began a sales tour. One of the manufacturer’s flight-test aircraft, B-001F (c/n 005), made its international debut at the Singapore Airshow, where COMAC announced an order for 40 examples from Tibet Airlines. The C919 then flew to Vietnam, arriving at Van Don International Airport in the northern Quang Ninh province for an