China’s first domestically-made passenger jet takes flight
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hina’s first domestically-made passenger jet has flown its maiden business flight, because the nation appears to compete with business giants similar to Boeing and Airbus within the world plane market.
The C919 aircraft, constructed by the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China (Comac), carried about 130 passengers on the flight, in response to state-owned newspaper China Daily.
The jet took off on Sunday morning from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and landed lower than two hours later in Beijing.
The flight was operated by state-owned China Eastern Airlines, and the facet of the aircraft was emblazoned with the phrases: “The World’s First C919.”
The inaugural flight comes as Comac appears to interrupt into the single-aisle jet market in a direct problem to Airbus and Boeing. Airbus’s A320 and Boeing’s B737 jets are the most well-liked aircrafts sometimes used for home and regional flights.
While Comac designed lots of the C919’s elements, a few of its key parts are nonetheless sourced from the West, together with its engine.
The firm plans to construct 150 C919 planes every year for the subsequent 5 years, in response to earlier state media studies.
The C919, which had been in growth for 16 years, has a most vary of about 3,500 miles and is designed to hold between 158 and 168 passengers.
More than 1,200 C919 jets have been ordered, Comac says, with China Eastern Airlines underneath contract to purchase 5 of them.