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C919 passenger jet on display at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai Municipality, December 9, 2022. /CFP
C919 passenger jet on display at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai Municipality, December 9, 2022. /CFP
"The world's first C919" is printed on the body of the C919 passenger jet on display at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai Municipality, December 9, 2022. /CFP
The registration number of B-919A of C919 passenger jet on display at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai Municipality, December 9, 2022. /CFP
C919 passenger jet on display at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai Municipality, December 9, 2022. /CFP
China Eastern Airlines (CEA) took delivery of its first C919 passenger jet on Friday.
The plane took a short flight from Pudong Airport to Hongqiao Airport, both in Shanghai, to mark the historic moment.
Developed by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), the C919 is China's first domestically-built large passenger aircraft. The delivery marked another milestone in China's development of large airliners in line with internationally accepted airworthiness standards.
The 164-seater aircraft, which obtained its airworthiness certificate late September, has a two-class cabin layout, consisting of business class and economy class.
After delivery it will undergo more than 100 hours of empty aircraft verification test flights, with stops including Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. The aircraft is expected to be put into commercial use in the spring of 2023.
"The world's first C919" is printed on the body of the jet. Its registration number is B-919A. "B" means it is a Chinese jet; "919" matches the model; "A" is for the first of its kind in the world.
Back in March 2021, the CEA signed a contract to buy five C919 jetliners. The remaining orders will be delivered in the next year or two based on the supplier's production and delivery plan, according to Wang Jian, board secretary of CEA.
CEA is one of the country's three major airline companies and the world's seventh biggest. It runs a network that covers 1,062 destinations in as many as 170 countries and regions.
As the world's first airline company to fly the C919 jet, the CEA set up a special aviation department and recruited top pilots to support the plane's entrance into service.
(With input from Xinhua)
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