The Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia has shown strong interest in acquiring the Chinese C919 passenger jet, its executive said, as part of its strategy to tap into Southeast Asia's 700 million-strong population and capitalise on growing China-Asean business ties.
  • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    A contracted version of the first sentence is a much better title-

    “Malaysian AirAsia shows strong interest in Chinese C919 airliner”

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I was under the impression that the major hurdle was still the engines on this thing, and that they were essentially multiple generations behind western offerings in terms of range, power, and efficiency. They’re still using Russian engines for a ton of their military aircraft.