The fourth commercial regular route of the domestic large aircraft C919 was opened today, with the first flight 'Shanghai-Guangzhou'

News from this site on June 14, according to official news from China Eastern Airlines, the world’s first C919 passenger aircraft with flight number B-919A flew flight MU5309 today, marking the official launch of the fourth commercial scheduled route of C919 operations.

At 9:37 on June 14, flight MU5309 carried 162 passengers from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. Arriving at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport at 11:30 that day, he was greeted by the "Watergate Ceremony", the highest civil aviation etiquette.

China Eastern Airlines said that the "Shanghai-Guangzhou" route is an important "high-quality express line" of China Eastern Airlines. China Eastern Airlines' flights on this route have reached 36 flights per day (round trip). China Eastern Airlines is currently the only airline operating the domestically produced large aircraft C919. The C919 fleet size has reached 6 aircraft. The aircraft has already flown from Shanghai Hongqiao to Beijing Daxing and Shanghai Hongqiao to Chengdu. Tianfu, Shanghai Hongqiao - Xi'an Xianyang route.

This site previously reported that China Eastern Airlines signed the "C919 Aircraft Sales Agreement" with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Co., Ltd. on September 28, 2023, 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 aircraft are planned to be delivered in 2024, 10 aircraft are planned to be delivered each year from 2025 to 2027, 15 aircraft are planned to be delivered each year from 2028 to 2030, and 20 aircraft are planned to be delivered in 2031.

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