China to show off homegrown airliner at Singapore air show amid supply crunch

Singapore will play host to Asia’s biggest air show next week for the first time since the end of COVID border restrictions, with regional travel rebounding and the military side of the show bristling with defensive systems and nervous arms buyers.
An expected full return of civil demand in Asia is being tested by an industry-wide supply crunch and macroeconomic headwinds, however – especially in the world’s second-largest aviation market, China – while geopolitical tensions have put weapons in the spotlight.
Association of Asia Pacific Airlines head Subhas Menon, “Supply chain issues are limiting the ability of many airlines to upgrade their fleets and service their aircraft.”
The biennial show will also feature the first trip outside Chinese territory for China’s first homegrown passenger jet, COMAC’s narrow-body C919.