China Eastern Airlines officially takes delivery of its fourth domestically produced large aircraft, C919

According to news from this site on January 2, China Eastern Airlines announced that China Eastern Airlines today received the fourth C919 large passenger aircraft (aircraft number: B-919E). The C919 passenger aircraft completed the relevant delivery procedures at COMAC on New Year’s Day in 2024 and officially joined the China Eastern Airlines fleet.

The fourth C919 aircraft has started its adjustment flight. It successfully took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 09:44 and successfully landed at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 10:02.

From the first commercial flight to December 31, 2023, China Eastern Airlines’ C919 fleet has successfully performed 655 commercial flights and has carried a total of nearly 8.2 Thousands of passengers.

According to data, the C919 large passenger aircraft is the first mainline jet airliner independently developed by my country in compliance with internationally accepted airworthiness standards and with independent intellectual property rights. The project was launched in 2007 and the first flight test was successfully conducted in 2017. The C919 passenger aircraft has a seating class range of 158 to 192 seats and a range of 4,075 to 5,555 kilometers.

▲ Picture source: COMAC “Big Aircraft” WeChat public account

According to previous reports on this site, China Eastern Airlines On September 28, it signed the "C919 Aircraft Sales Agreement" with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "COMAC"), purchased 100 C919 aircraft from COMAC. The above 100 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered to the company in batches from 2024 to 2031. Among them, 5 are planned to be delivered in 2024, 10 are planned to be delivered each year from 2025 to 2027, 15 are planned to be delivered each year from 2028 to 2030, and 20 are planned to be delivered in 2031.

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