The first large passenger jet domestically-produced in
The company updated its schedule to reflect the aircraft being assigned to the route and said it will use a lottery system to award seats to those who applied for tickets.
Sunday's flight will mark the culmination of years of research and development by the state-run
The plane's main competitors are the Airbus A320 family of planes, and
The plane first rolled off the assembly line in 2015 before making its first test flight in 2017. The twin-engine C919 has a layout of 158 to 192 seats, and a range of between 2,532 and 3,451 miles, according to the company's parameters. The airline has set up the inaugural flight to have164 seats in a two-class cabin configuration.
The flight is scheduled to depart at
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