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Chinas domestically developed C919 passenger aircraft flew over Victoria Harbour on Saturday, marking the first time for a domestic commercial aircraft to fly over Hong Kong, attracting applauses from locals and visitors.

Plane makes two passes over Victoria Harbour for excited onlookers, despite cloudy weather.

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong held a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the maiden flight of the Chinese-made C919 passenger jet outside the mainland, in a show o

Two home-developed passenger jets – the C919 and the ARJ21 – visited Hong Kong on Tuesday, the first time for the jets to visit the harbor city, and the first time for the C919 to leave the Chinese mainland.

Beijing hopes the single-aisle C919 will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320.

The total number of orders for China’s domestically-developed C919 large passenger aircraft has reached 1,061, with two already delivered, He Dongfeng, chairman of Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC), said at the Pujiang Innovation Forum held in Shanghai on Sunday.

China Eastern Airlines received a second domestically made C919 passenger plane in Shanghai on Sunday, following the first commercial flight of the aircraft on May 28, a sign that the carrier is speeding up the formation of a C919 fleet.

Both state-owned and private Chinese aerospace firms sought to display their products at the event, despite geopolitical tensions.

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The country’s new homegrown narrow-body jet is a diplomatic ace up Chinese President Xi Jinping’s sleeve, says this Sydney-based public policy consultant.