China’s first domestically built plane makes its maiden commercial flight
Beijing/Shanghai, May 28 (PTI) China's first indigenously built passenger aircraft C919 on Sunday took off on its first commercial flight, marking its official entry into the civil aviation market as part of the country's effort to compete with Western rivals like Boeing and Airbus.
The first commercial flight of C919 from Shanghai to Beijing is carried out by state-run China Eastern Airlines.
The plane carried 160 passengers on board. The flight time between Shanghai and Beijing was about two hours and twenty-five minutes.
