{"id":350404,"date":"2026-01-16T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1427740"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:33:36","slug":"chinas-c919-narrowbody-jet-undergoes-european-flight-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=350404","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s C919 narrowbody jet undergoes European flight tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYwIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1427741 wp-post-1427740\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/d7b2a9c8fc49f63077a9959cb17baadd_hz3qr8_a35b2f\/d7b2a9c8fc49f63077a9959cb17baadd_hz3qr8_a35b2f.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1768541687\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 360\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>According to reporting in the South China Morning Post, two test pilots from EASA, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, have conducted verification flights of the narrowbody jet in Shanghai. Comac is looking to position the C919 as a competitor to the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reporting in the South China Morning Post, two test pilots from EASA, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, have conducted verification flights of the narrowbody jet in Shanghai. Comac is looking to position the C919 as a competitor t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,312,473,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-350404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-aviation","category-industry","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=350404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351906,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350404\/revisions\/351906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=350404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=350404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=350404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}