The C919 domestic airliner completed its first long-range demonstration flight this year and was unveiled in Urumqi

CTOnews.com February 5 news, according to Tianshan Network reported that Comac domestic flight C919 (B001F) yesterday (February 4, 17:10) landed smoothly at Urumqi International Airport. This is the first long-range demonstration flight of the C919 aircraft this year, and it is also the first time for the C919 to debut at Urumqi International Airport.

CTOnews.com learned that the C919 large airliner is the first real civil aviation aircraft 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.

Since December 26 last year, China Eastern C919 aircraft began to conduct 100 hours of verification flight. CCTV Finance previously reported that the C919 domestic airliner is expected to start carrying passengers in March this year.

The data show that 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.

▲ official account of Comac "Big plane" Wechat according to Comac in January, the C919 plans to have an annual production capacity of 150aircraft in the next five years, with more than 1200 orders already. According to the previously disclosed purchase agreement, the unit price of the C919 is $99 million (about 671 million yuan), while the unit price of the RMB catalogue is 653 million yuan.