The Chinese government is considering asking Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) to assist in delivering CFM International LEAP engines for the C919 aircraft, Bloomberg has reported citing internal sources. This could help COMAC (Shanghai Pudong) bypass the retaliatory tariffs imposed on US imports into China.

Under the proposal, any Airbus aircraft delivered to China could be supplied with an extra set of engines. This would potentially qualify the engines as European goods rather than coming directly from US-headquartered CFM…

Source: ch aviation
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