I just flew on China’s new airplane COMAC C919 from Shanghai to Chengdu with China Eastern Airlines. It’s been more than 3 years since I last visited mainland China. The flight was a pleasant and ...

I have flown more than a million miles with dozens of airlines around the world – and have lost count of how many times I’ve hopped on an Air China plane for the short trip from Beijing to Shanghai.

The conversation around China’s COMAC C919 has once again shifted from engineering milestones to regulatory limbo. The C919, billed as Beijing’s answer to the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX, has ...