China Eastern Airlines: The domestic large aircraft C919 has an average passenger load factor of 86% during summer transportation this year

News from this site on July 22. According to the Financial Associated Press, China Eastern Airlines learned that since this year’s summer travel season (July 1 to July 21), China Eastern’s C919 fleet has operated a total of 366 flights, transporting more than 49,000 passengers, with an average passenger load factor of 86%. Currently, China Eastern Airlines has 6 C919 domestically produced large aircraft and has opened 4 regular commercial routes from Shanghai Hongqiao to Chengdu Tianfu, Beijing Daxing, Xi'an Xianyang, and Guangzhou Baiyun.

COMAC C919 large passenger aircraft

China’s first self-developed mainline jet aircraft with independent intellectual property rights.

Features:

• Seat class: 158~192 seats
• Range: 4075~5555 kilometers
• Designed for short and medium-haul routes

Milestone:

• November 2, 2015 : Final assembly Off the assembly line
• May 5, 2017: First flight successful
• September 29, 2022: Obtained type certificate
• December 9, 2022: World's first delivery

Commercial operation:

• May 28, 2023: The first commercial passenger flight
• Breaking the monopoly pattern

Technology mastered:

• 5 major categories of civil aircraft industry, 20 majors, more than 6,000 civil aircraft technologies

Order status:

• China Eastern Airlines:

  • 2021: Signed the first batch of 5 C919 aircraft purchase contracts
  • 2023: Signed another "C919 Aircraft Sales Agreement" to purchase 100 aircraft
  • Currently Received 6 aircraft and plans to introduce 6 more this year

• Hainan Airlines:

  • Last April: Announced signing a framework order with COMAC to purchase 100 C919s
  • Its subsidiary Jinpeng Airlines: will be in 2024 Received the first C919 in the fourth quarter

• Air China:

  • April 26: Announced the purchase of 100 C919

• China Southern:

  • April 29: Announced the purchase of 10 0 C919
  • The first one is expected to be introduced in August

Delivery plan:

• Second half of the year: Delivery of C919 to Air China, China Southern Airlines and other customers
• 2024 to 2031: Delivery of the above orders in batches

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