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China’s first domestically built aircraft to make its maiden commercial flight on May 28
BEIJING: China’s first indigenously constructed passenger plane C919 is scheduled to make its maiden business flight on Sunday, a media report stated on Friday.
State-owned China Jap Airways (CEA), the preliminary buyer, will launch the airplane’s first business flight on Could 28 from Shanghai to Beijing, state-run CGTN TV reported.
The C919 is developed by the Business Plane Company of China (COMAC), and it was granted a sort certificates by the Civil Aviation Administration of China final September.
CEA carried out a 100-hour verification flight for its first C919 plane on December 26, 2022, to confirm and ensure the plane’s operational security.
To date, over 1,200 C919 jetliners have been ordered, in response to COMAC.
In line with estimates, China had 6,795 civil plane in 2020, principally that of Boeing and Airbus.
Officers say the entry of Chinese language plane might cut back the reliance on Boeing and Airbus and will pose a contest to them within the worldwide civil aviation market.
State-owned China Jap Airways (CEA), the preliminary buyer, will launch the airplane’s first business flight on Could 28 from Shanghai to Beijing, state-run CGTN TV reported.
The C919 is developed by the Business Plane Company of China (COMAC), and it was granted a sort certificates by the Civil Aviation Administration of China final September.
CEA carried out a 100-hour verification flight for its first C919 plane on December 26, 2022, to confirm and ensure the plane’s operational security.
To date, over 1,200 C919 jetliners have been ordered, in response to COMAC.
In line with estimates, China had 6,795 civil plane in 2020, principally that of Boeing and Airbus.
Officers say the entry of Chinese language plane might cut back the reliance on Boeing and Airbus and will pose a contest to them within the worldwide civil aviation market.
