Original title: The third C919 large passenger aircraft was delivered to China Eastern Airlines.
At 9:53 on December 9, 2023, the third C919 large passenger aircraft flew from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport for delivery to China Eastern Airlines.
The third C919 aircraft received by China Eastern Airlines is the third of the first five aircraft purchased by China Eastern Airlines, numbered B-919D, and the cabin layout is the same as the previous two. On December 8, the East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation issued the nationality registration certificate, airworthiness certificate and radio station license of the third C919 aircraft to China Eastern Airlines at the Zhuqiao base of COMAC, marking that the aircraft has the qualification for commercial operation and meets the airworthiness requirements of civil aviation regulations.
As the world's first user of the Chinese-made C919 large passenger aircraft, China Eastern Airlines officially received the world's first delivery of the C919 on December 9, 2022On May 28, 2023, China Eastern Airlines successfully completed the round-trip flight of its first commercial flight C919, "Shanghai Hongqiao-Beijing Capital".On July 16, 2023, China Eastern Airlines took delivery of its second C919 aircraft, and from August 4, 2023, it will operate a route between Shanghai Hongqiao and Chengdu Tianfu with the first aircraft. On September 28, 2023, China Eastern Airlines once again signed a purchase agreement with COMAC, adding 100 C919 large passenger aircraft to the first batch of 5 aircraft signed in 2021. (Reporter Guo Zhen Sheng Jinyu).
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