China’s first indigenously built passenger aircraft C919 on Sunday successfully completed 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 the state-run China Eastern Airlines.
The plane carried 128 passengers on board. The flight time between Shanghai and Beijing was about two hours and twenty-five minutes, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The plane was greeted with a water salute after touching down at Beijing Capital International Airport at 12:31 pm on Sunday, the report said.
