A Chinese-made C919 flies over Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. Chinese aerospace company COMAC has showcased its domestically-developed C919 passenger jet in Hong as it prepares to take on Airbus and Boeing in the market for single-aisle commercial aircraft. - AP Photo/Chan Long Hei
HONG KONG (Bloomberg): China displayed its aircraft-manufacturing credentials by conducting a flyby of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour with a domestically made passenger plane designed to take on Airbus SE and Boeing Co. narrowbodies.
Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd., the official name of planemaker Comac, flew its C919 jet around the harbor in two loops on Saturday morning, going as low as 700 feet (213 meters), according to FlightRadar24’s live data.
The last major new aircraft to do a low-altitude Victoria Harbour flyby was an Airbus SE A380 in 2007.
Comac says it has received 1,061 orders for its C919. Only three are operating commercially so far, domestically in China.
The state-run company also showcased its smaller ARJ-21 aircraft in Hong Kong during the week.
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