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A C919 jetliner lands in Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Shanghai Municipality, east China, June 1, 2024. /CMG
A China Eastern Airlines (CEA) C919 jetliner commenced its first overseas commercial chartered flight on Saturday, providing a round-trip service between Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Flying from the Hong Kong International Airport to the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on Saturday morning, the jetliner carried more than 100 young Hong Kong talents.
The sixth C919 jetliner joined the CEA fleet on Tuesday, indicating the acceleration of commercial operation of China's homegrown large passenger aircraft. This came one year after the first C919 commercial flight was made. With its self-developed trunk jetliner, China aims to secure a share of the global civil aviation market currently dominated by Boeing and Airbus.
A C919 jetliner receives an "aircraft over the water gate" welcome ceremony upon landing at the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Shanghai Municipality, east China, June 1, 2024. /CMG
Over the past year of commercial operation, the C919 aircraft has been operating on three routes from Shanghai: from Hongqiao International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport in Sichuan Province, from Hongqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport and from Hongqiao to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport in Shaanxi Province.
As of Monday, the five C919 jetliners of the CEA had completed more than 2,100 flights, accumulating 6,000-plus flight hours and transporting nearly 300,000 passengers in the first year of commercial operation. With the delivery of more C919 planes, the CEA is expected to expand its C919 fleet to 10 by the end of this year.
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C919 commercial debut: Milestones of China's first homegrown jetliner