China's renaming of its regional jet is another clear sign its homegrown planemaker is coming for Boeing and Airbus
The ARJ21 is now to be known as the C909. The renaming plays into COMAC's ambition to enter the global market.
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Brunei's Gallop Air places US$2bil order for China-made C919, ARJ21 jets
plans to buy 30 aircraft from Chinese planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), which will include the first overseas purchases of the state-backed firm's narrow-body C919 jet.