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China Eastern set to operate C919's first commercial flight on Sunday

Homegrown plane marks milestone as country hopes to break Airbus-Boeing duopoly

Chinese passenger jet C919 performs at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China in November 2022. (China Daily via Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China Eastern Airlines, the initial customer for the country's homegrown narrow-body jet C919, will launch the plane's first commercial flight on Sunday, the carrier's app showed on Friday.

The C919 flight will take off as flight number MU9191 at 10:45 a.m. Beijing time (0245 GMT) from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and arrive in Beijing Capital Airport at 1:10 p.m.

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