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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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