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China's homegrown C919 aircraft begins regular Shanghai-Hong Kong flights

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STORY: China's homegrown C919 aircraft begins regular Shanghai-Hong Kong flights
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1, 2025
DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2025
LENGTH: 00:00:38
LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of passengers checking in at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport for their flights
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG, Passenger
3. various of the C919 flight

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China Eastern Airlines on Wednesday started using China's domestically-produced C919 jetliner for regular flights between Shanghai and Hong Kong.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG, Passenger
"The Hong Kong trip is my plan. I'm so lucky to take the flight with C919. I'm so excited to take the first flight of this model to Hong Kong. I finally got on a large jetliner made by my country."

Flight MU721 carrying 157 passengers took off from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 8:21 a.m., marking the inauguration of the route operating the aircraft type.

It makes China Eastern Airlines the first airline to use the C919 for scheduled commercial flights to Hong Kong.

The company plans to conduct daily round-trip flights.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China.
(XHTV)

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