CNBC World

China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus makes first international flight — could COMAC challenge the aviation duopoly?

China’s C919 has made its first scheduled international commercial flight, a milestone in COMAC’s bid to challenge Boeing and Airbus globally.

This is a short WorldPing brief. The full report was published by CNBC World.

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