Comparison of Comac C919 and conventional engine nacelle assembly

While officials from China's Comac maintained a relatively conservative stance when selecting design features for their new 150-passenger single-aisle C919 airliner, they made at least one significant exception - picking a new company to wrap some tantalisingly new but unproven technologies around the aircraft's two CFM International Leap X1C engines.

The new company was Nexcelle, a joint venture between Aircelle, a Safran subsidiary, and GE's Middle River Aircraft Systems. The 50/50 teaming was modelled on the CFM joint venture between GE and Safran subsidiary, Snecma, that led to the development of the CFM56. Continue reading...

(Source: Safran, Graphic: Flightglobal)