Chinese state-owned planemaker COMAC opens Hong Kong office

SEOUL (Reuters) -- Chinese planemaker COMAC said on Thursday it has opened an office in Hong Kong -- its second outside mainland China this week -- and has signed a deal to support flight operations there as it tries to break into the global passenger jet market.

COMAC's two commercial passenger planes are, with the exception of one Indonesian airline, all flown within China. The state-owned company wants to expand abroad at a time when Airbus and Boeing are struggling to make planes fast enough to meet demand.