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COMAC C919 Family

The COMAC C919 is a Chinese single-aisle passenger aircraft family aimed at the domestic and international narrow-body market. It is designed around modern avionics, a conventional single-aisle cabin, and LEAP-1C engine installations in current commercial service.

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Overview

The COMAC C919 is a Chinese single-aisle passenger aircraft family aimed at the domestic and international narrow-body market. It is designed around modern avionics, a conventional single-aisle cabin, and LEAP-1C engine installations in current commercial service.

Advantages

  • Creates a domestic Chinese narrow-body platform.
  • Current layouts support mainstream two-class Chinese trunk-route operations.
  • Local industrial support can be important for long-term fleet planning.

Limitations

  • Current operator and cabin data are concentrated in China.
  • Low-cost and five-star airline cabin samples are not present in the provided workbook.
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Identification

Key terms

Technical features

  • Connects model suffixes, airline maintenance strategy, and performance limits.
  • Important for aircraft identification and fleet comparison.

Advantages

  • Helps explain range, payload, noise, and fuel-burn differences.

Limitations

  • Public data may omit thrust derates or later engine swaps.
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Aircraft line

FamilyCOMAC C919 Family

Explore models

C919Engine family: LEAP-1CView entryC919 with CJ-1000A development engine directionEngine family: CFM LEAP-1CView entry
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Technical notes

Technical notes

  • Current commercial C919 aircraft use CFM LEAP-1C-family engines.
  • The workbook records show Chinese full-service airline layouts from Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern.
  • Future domestic engine directions such as CJ-1000A should be treated separately from currently imported commercial cabin data.
  • Major variants covered here: C919, C919 with CJ-1000A development engine direction.

Cabin configurations

Format: F8/J42/W28/Y216; F=First, J=Business, W=Premium Economy, Y=Economy

Air China

J8/Y150

AeroLOPA source: Air China C919, normalized cabin configuration J8/Y150. AeroLOPA C919 index includes only three Chinese full-service operators.

AeroLOPA

China Eastern

J8/Y156

AeroLOPA source: China Eastern C919, normalized cabin configuration J8/Y156.

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China Southern

J8/Y156

AeroLOPA source: China Southern C919, normalized cabin configuration J8/Y156.

AeroLOPA
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Sources

Wikipedia: COMAC C919 Family