Russia, China start production of jointly designed passenger aircraft

The CRAIC CR929 is a planned long-range 250-to-320-seat wide-body twinjet airliner family to be developed by CRAIC, a joint-venture between Chinese Comac and Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), to challenge the Airbus and Boeing duopoly.

In June 2016, an agreement was signed to set up a 50-50 joint venture.

Comac and UAC estimated the development at 10 years, implying the first delivery in 2027. (ILKHA)