Coverage dated May 27, 2023

China's 1st domestically made passenger plane completes maiden commercial flight

Headline from WHEC Rochester

China’s first domestically made passenger jet has flown its maiden commercial flight, as China looks to compete with industry giants such as Boeing and Airbus in the global aircraft market. The C919 plane, built by the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China, carried about 130 passengers on the fli…

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  1. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    China’s 1st domestically built plane takes flight (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    BEIJING >> China’s first domestically made passenger jet flew its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, as China looks to compete with industry giants such as Boeing and Airbus in the global aircraft market.

  2. WHEC Rochester

    China's 1st domestically made passenger plane completes maiden commercial flight (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    China’s first domestically made passenger jet has flown its maiden commercial flight, as China looks to compete with industry giants such as Boeing and Airbus in the global aircraft market. The C919 plane, built by the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China, carried about 130 passengers on the fli…

  3. The Guardian

    China’s first domestically produced passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight (opens The Guardian)

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    Although China hopes to cut its reliance on foreign technology, many of the C919’s parts are sourced from overseas

  4. Deutsche Welle

    C919: Chinese-built passenger jet completes first flight – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    China's first domestically-made passenger plane flew from Shanghai to Beijing with 130 passengers aboard, as the country seeks a slice of the global plane-building market.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus, the C919, takes first commercial flight (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Irene Nasser, Karla Cripps and Mengchen Zhang, CNN (CNN) — China’s first large homegrown passenger jet made its inaugural commercial flight on Sunday, flying from Shanghai to Beijing, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported.

  6. Digital Journal

    China's first homegrown passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight (opens Digital Journal)

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    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

  7. Al Jazeera

    China’s first home-built passenger jet makes inaugural flight (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The C919 commercial plane flew from Shanghai to Beijing as China seeks to compete with Airbus and Boeing.

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