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BEIJING: China’s first domestically produced passenger jet made its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in the nation’s decades-long effort to compete with Western rivals in the air.

A made-in-China aircraft to rival Boeing Co. and Airbus SE underwent its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, almost six months after being delivered to China Eastern Airlines Corp, reports Bloomberg. Flight MU9191 took off from Shanghai at 10:32 a.m. local time, China Eastern said on its Weibo account. The plane carried 128 passengers and landed…

The new single-aisle plane, made by COMAC, is an attempt to challenge Boeing's 737 Max and Airbus's A320 and break their decades-long duopoly.

0510 GMT - China Eastern Airlines is one of the most mentioned companies in the news over the past 12 hours, according to Factiva data, after it flew passengers from Shanghai to Beijing on a C919... | May 29, 2023

The C919 departs Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport for Beijing Capital International Airport on its maiden commercial flight. Yin Liqin/China News…

Drop in non-stop flights to China continues to be a drag on passenger volume

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BEIJING/SHANGHAI — China Eastern Airlines on Sunday (May 28) sent the country’s narrow-body jet C919 on its first commercial flight, marking the homegrown plane’s entry into passenger service and a milestone for China’s efforts to become more self-reliant. Commercial Aviation Corp of China (COMAC) began developing the C919 15 years ago to rival the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX...

Backgrounder: Chinas C919 jetliner-