(Bloomberg) -- When China's first modern large jet takes its maiden flight on Friday, it'll mark the nation's boldest attempt yet to break the stranglehold of Airbus SE and Boeing Co. in commercial aviation. It'll also highlight that behind the celebrations of a Made-in-China aircraft is the reality that the 158-174 seat C919 -- built by state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd. (Comac) -- was constructed using a string of Western suppliers, including General Electric Co., Honeywell International Inc. and Safran SA.
--With assistance from Adrian Leung
To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Dong Lyu in Beijing at dlyu3@bloomberg.net, Bruce Einhorn in Hong Kong at beinhorn1@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Sophie Caronello at scaronello@bloomberg.net.
With assistance from Dong Lyu, Bruce Einhorn
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