Chinese planemaker COMAC plans to raise production capacity for its homegrown C919 single-aisle planes to 50 this year, a COMAC executive told a media outlet supported by the Shanghai government.

China's drive to break into foreign aviation markets and compete with Boeing and Airbus has intensified, with a push to persuade Vietnam to

China’s homegrown Comac C919 narrow-body passenger jet made its first commercial flight from Shanghai to Beijing, in a symbolic challenge to the decades-old duopoly of Boeing and Airbus in one of the most important markets for aviation.

By Phuong Nguyen, Francesco Guarascio and Lisa Barrington HANOI (Reuters) - China's drive to break into foreign aviation markets with its homegrown COMAC jets has intensified, with a push to persuade Vietnam to authorise its planes in the country,