Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) aims to obtain European certification as early as this year, and operate flights of the C919 passenger jet in Southeast Asia by 2026, Chinese media quoted Yang Yang, Vice President of COMAC Marketing and Sales Center, as saying. Yang also wanted mainland China to bring more C919 airliners into operation and to thoroughly determine any potential issues before bringing the C919 to Southeast Asia.Related NewsCiti: US Tariffs Expedite CN Industry Consolidation; TTI, CRRC, AIR CHINA PreferredThe C919 aircraft is already offering a regular "Shanghai-Hong Kong Express” service, operated by CHINA EAST AIR (00670.HK) -0.070 (-2.846%) Short selling $5.84M; Ratio 27.929% (600115.SH) -0.100 (-2.577%) .(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-02-05 16:25.) (A Shares quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.)