# China’s homegrown C919 jet begins first regular international commercial flights

https://mins.news/en/item/20802

- CGTN, 2026-08-12 08:12 UTC
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- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-12/China-s-homegrown-C919-jet-begins-first-intl-commercial-flights-1Py3tYWSVsA/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> China’s domestically developed C919 large passenger jet has started regular international commercial service. Air China flight CA723 departed Beijing at 3 p.m. Wednesday for a roughly two-hour trip to Ulaanbaatar, marking the aircraft’s first such operation.

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