Despite the successful test flight, it may still take time for the C919 to take off in the market.
Shaking the dominance of giants Boeing and Airbus in the near future is unrealistic, observers say, but the Chinese jetliner could be a strong option for global carriers in decades to come.
A total of 23 foreign and domestic customers, including China's national carrier Air China, have placed orders for 570 aircraft, according to COMAC.
But this is only the very first step. Even in China's domestic market, COMAC has a long way to go to turn technical success into business success.
Boeing predicted last year that China will become the world's top aviation market within 20 years, projecting a demand for more than 6,000 new aircraft in the next two decades with a total value of 1 trillion U.S. dollars.
China will need 5,110 new single-aisle airplanes through 2035, accounting for 75 percent of the total new deliveries, according to Boeing.
The C919 will be a strong competitor in this field as it is economical and comfortable, according to a research note from Guosen Securities.
COMAC will seek airworthiness certificates from the Civil Aviation Administration of China and foreign aviation safety regulators before making its first deliveries slated for around 2019.
(Jia Yuankun and Ji Ming also contributed to the story)
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