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China wants to challenge Airbus and Boeing and shake up global aviation. Here's what you need to know about its upstart planemaker, Comac.


Comac has delivered fewer than 200 planes, but has huge ambitions to take on the duopoly that has dominated global aviation for decades.

But with air travel growing rapidly in China and supply chain problems blighting the aviation industry globally, Comac's rise comes at a perfect time. US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, warned O'Leary not to order the jets, citing allegations of corporate espionage. "Comac is years away from being certified outside China … It's going to be a very limited market for quite some time," John Schmidt, Accenture's global aerospace and defense lead, told Business Insider in an interview at last month's Paris Air Show.

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