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China's first homegrown airliner makes international debut in Singapore

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(VOVWORLD) - China's challenger to Airbus and Boeing's passenger jets, the narrow-body C919, has made its first trip outside Chinese territory, staging a fly-by at the Singapore Airshow on Sunday.
China's first homegrown airliner makes international debut in Singapore - ảnh 1A Comac C919 flies past during an aerial flying display ahead of the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, February 18, 2024. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)

China has invested heavily in its attempt to break the hold of the dominant two Western planemakers on the global passenger market.

China has indicated a push this year to advance the C919 manufactured by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) as well as the company’s footprint domestically and internationally.

The plane is only certified within China and the first of now four C919s began flying with China Eastern Airlines last year.

China's aviation authority said last month it would this year pursue European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) validation for the C919, a process which began in 2018.

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