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UPDATE: Comac will proceed with its widebody aircraft program without Russia, an industry official confirms to The Air Current after being notified by the Chinese plane maker.
PARIS – Just weeks after Comac’s first homegrown single-aisle airliner entered service, China’s commercial aircraft manufacturer has seemingly dropped Russia from the branding of its next design, a long-range widebody aircraft.
The company’s stand at the Paris Air Show featured a large photo of a project that has been previously dubbed the CRAIC CR929. The designation’s prefix – CR – connoted the collaboration between Chinese and Russian aerospace industries, formally teaming up in June 2016 to jointly design a widebody aircraft aimed at a segment dominated by Boeing’s 787 and Airbus’s A350.
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