China Eastern Airlines announces that C919 passenger aircraft will soon be put into actual operation

The latest news shows that China Eastern Airlines revealed the latest progress in the C919 passenger aircraft at its performance briefing on May 25. According to the company, the C919 purchase agreement signed with COMAC has officially come into effect in March 2021, and the first C919 aircraft has been delivered by the end of 2022. It is expected that the aircraft will be officially put into actual operation soon. China Eastern Airlines will use Shanghai as its main base for commercial operations of the C919, and plans to introduce a total of five C919 passenger aircraft in 2022 and 2023. Based on actual operating conditions and route network planning, the company will formulate future introduction plans.

The editor learned that the C919 is a new generation of global single-aisle trunk airliner with completely independent intellectual property rights and complies with international airworthiness standards. The project was launched in 2007, had its first test flight in 2017, and received a type certificate (TC certificate) issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China on September 29, 2022. The C919 received the production license (PC certificate) issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China on November 29, 2022. The C919 aircraft has a capacity of 158 to 192 passengers and has a range of 4075 to 5555 kilometers..

According to data provided by COMAC, the price tag of the C919 passenger aircraft is US$99 million (equivalent to RMB 684 million). The catalog unit price calculated in RMB is 653 million yuan.

As of the end of 2022, the C919 passenger aircraft has accumulated 1,035 orders from 32 customers. These data are from COMAC in the "2022 Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Report" released by the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission on January 10. statistics.

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