{"id":518770,"date":"2026-07-30T13:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=518770"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:22:12","slug":"chinas-high-altitude-c919-aircraft-completes-first-test-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/chinas-high-altitude-c919-aircraft-completes-first-test-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s high-altitude C919 aircraft completes first test flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China&#8217;s domestically developed <strong>C919-600<\/strong> prototype has completed its first test flight, marking a step toward expanding commercial aviation operations at high-altitude airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday as part of testing for a variant designed to operate in mountainous regions, where thinner air presents additional challenges for aircraft performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese developers say the high-altitude version of the C919 is intended to serve airports in elevated terrain and compete with aircraft currently used on those routes, where Airbus has traditionally held a strong market position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The successful debut marks another milestone in China&#8217;s efforts to expand the capabilities of its homegrown commercial aviation industry and increase competition in the global passenger aircraft market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s domestically developed C919-600 prototype has completed its first test flight, marking a step toward expanding commercial aviation operations at high-altitude airports. The aircraft took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday as part of testing for a variant designed to operate in mountainous regions, where thinner air presents additional challenges for aircraft performance. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":518771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[2129],"class_list":["post-518770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-china"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2aXg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/6a6b2de959bf5b199b0530b5.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/6a6b2de959bf5b199b0530b5.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}