China Eastern Airlines responded to "the first commercial flight of C919 plan on February 28": there is a plan, but it has not been completely determined.

CTOnews.com, January 30, according to the Financial Associated Press, China Eastern Airlines responded that "C919 will fly a commercial flight on February 28" that C919 does have plans for its commercial maiden flight on the above date, and the specific time has not yet been fully determined.

▲ Picture Source: Comac "Big plane" Wechat official account at present, the flight "February 28 MU9191/9192 Hongqiao-Capital round trip" flown by C919 can be found on the App, the specific times are as follows: MU9191 Shanghai Hongqiao 09:45-12:10 Beijing Capital; MU9192 Beijing 13:45-15:50 Shanghai Hongqiao.

CTOnews.com learned that China Eastern C919 aircraft began to conduct 100-hour verification flights since December 26 last year. So far, C919 aircraft have carried out intensive verification missions in 9 cities and 10 airports, including Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Xi'an, Haikou, Qingdao, Wuhan, Jinan and Nanchang, and will continue to travel to Hefei, Nanjing, Taiyuan, Shanghai Pudong and other destinations according to the plan. CCTV Finance previously reported that the C919 domestic airliner is expected to start carrying passengers in March this year.

Data show that the C919 large airliner is the first civil aviation aircraft in the real sense in China after the Yun-10. The world's first domestic large aircraft, C919, was officially delivered to China Eastern Airlines on December 9, 2022. The C919 large airliner is the first trunk jet airliner developed by China in accordance with international airworthiness standards and with independent intellectual property rights. It was established in 2007 and flew for the first time in 2017 with a seat class of 158,192 seats and a range of 4075-5555 km.

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