China has entered the race to usher in a new golden age of supersonic air travel with plans to build an airliner that will rival the Concorde, according to local media. As per reporting by the South ...

China’s Comac is aiming to redefine supersonic travel with its C949 airliner, a 1.6-Mach design promising greater range and significantly reduced noise compared to the Concorde. Comac engineers have ...

The first details of C949, a supersonic airliner project, have been quietly unveiled by Chinese state-owned aerospace giant Comac, signalling its ambitions to dominate the skies with the radical new ...

Chinese aerospace giant Comac has unveiled its plans for the C949, a supersonic aircraft designed to fly 50% farther than the Concorde and produce sonic booms quieter than a hairdryer. Scheduled to ...

China is planning to build a supersonic airliner that can reach Mach 1.6. It is to be designed in such a way that it can fly further than the Concorde. The Chinese supersonic aircraft Comac C949 is ...

18:07, Wed, Aug 6, 2025 Updated: 18:15, Wed, Aug 6, 2025 China has unveiled an aircraft it claims could reduce the flight time between London and New York to less than three hours. State-owned firm ...

The aircraft looks set to rival projects from Nasa and Lockheed Martin CHINA has thrown itself into the supersonic passenger jet race with its C949 plane that can zoom from London to New York in under ...

China has gone up against the US in an aerospace race as its state-owned aircraft manufacturer unveils blueprints for a new supersonic jet that can fly further and more quietly than Concorde. The ...

Chinese media reported that the C949 would have a 50 per cent range boost over the retired Concorde and fly with a noise level like a blowing hairdryer. China has entered the race to usher in a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China's Concorde: What we know about the planned C949 jet that could revive supersonic air travel China has entered the race to ...