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COMAC accelerates C929 widebody design and testing at Shanghai Pudong

COMAC is accelerating design and flight‑testing of its C929 widebody at Shanghai Pudong, the South China Morning Post reports. The move concentrates early development work at COMAC's Shanghai facilities and advances the programme toward prototype test activity over the near term.

Discovered 2026-02-09T16:33:03.644827-08:00 | 2026-02-09T16:33:03.644827-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • COMAC accelerating the C929 signals Beijing's push into widebody airliner development and expands the company's commercial product set; see C919's regional positioning [source:06815eb7-7f3a-45f1-a360-413cb3447728].
  • Programme acceleration concentrates development activity at Shanghai Pudong and matters for timelines, supplier workload and certification planning; relevant regulatory context includes recent EASA validation flights of the C919 [source:ff9f9e65-4cf3-45ac-befb-2fb2e48cca9b].
  • Execution and delivery risk remain material given recent COMAC programme challenges such as the C909 setbacks, which provide context for programme execution [source:bac5f21c-4332-414b-8e75-41a0bb9ce799].

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