Landing of the largest single order for domestic large aircraft C919: China Eastern Airlines and Comac signed an agreement to purchase 100 aircraft
Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com, September 28, according to CCTV News, the largest single order for a C919 large airliner was landed in Shanghai on September 28.
▲ source: China Eastern Airlines C919 large passenger aircraft world first user China Eastern Airlines once again signed an aircraft purchase agreement with Comac to order 100 C919 large passenger aircraft on the basis of the first batch of 5 aircraft in 2021. China Eastern Airlines has become the world's largest user of C919 large passenger aircraft. According to the plan, the C919 aircraft purchased this time will be delivered in batches from 2024 to 2031. Of these, five are planned to be delivered in 2024, 10 per year from 2025 to 2027, 15 from 2028 to 2030 and 20 in 2031.
The Comac C919 large airliner is China's first trunk jet developed in accordance with international airworthiness standards and with independent intellectual property rights. With a range of 4075-5555 km, it is specially designed for medium-and short-range routes and can meet the operational needs of airlines for different routes.
The C919 completed its final assembly on November 2, 2015, successfully made its maiden flight on May 5, 2017, received a model certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China on September 29, 2022, delivered the world's first aircraft on December 9, 2022, and successfully completed its first commercial flight on May 28, 2023.
CTOnews.com noted that he Dongfeng, secretary of the party committee and chairman of the Commercial aircraft Corporation of China, revealed at the plenary meeting of the 2023 Pujiang Innovation Forum on September 10 that the number of orders for the C919 had reached 1061 and two had been delivered. As of September 26, 2023, two C919 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines had a total of 1140.15 hours of safe flight, including 867.19 hours of commercial operation and 296 commercial flights, with an average occupancy rate of more than 73 percent and carrying more than 35000 passengers, CCTV News reported.
