Shulou(Shulou.com)12/24 Report--

CTOnews.com, December 12 (Xinhua) Comac's third C919 large airliner was delivered to China Eastern Airlines on December 9.

Flight information shows that the third C919 aircraft received by China Eastern Airlines (BMUE 919D) will be officially put into operation on December 13, with the first flight route from Shanghai Hongqiao to Chengdu Tianfu, flight number MU9189 / MU9190.

The third C919 aircraft received by China Eastern Airlines is the third of the first five aircraft purchased by China Eastern Airlines, numbered BMUE 919D, with the same cabin layout as the first two aircraft.

On December 8, the East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation issued the nationality registration certificate, airworthiness certificate and radio license of the third C919 aircraft to China Eastern Airlines at the Zhuqiao base of Comac, indicating that the aircraft has the qualification of commercial operation. meet the airworthiness requirements of civil aviation regulations.

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.

According to CTOnews.com, China Eastern signed a "C919 aircraft Sale and purchase Agreement" with Commercial aircraft Corporation of China (hereinafter referred to as "▲") on September 28 to buy 100 C919 aircraft from Comac, according to CTOnews.com 's official account of "Big plane" of Comac. The 100 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered to the company in batches from 2024 to 2031.

According to China Eastern Airlines, the total catalogue price of the 100 C919 aircraft purchased this time is about $9.9 billion (open market quotation, 2023 catalogue price). Comac gives the company a substantial price discount, so the actual price of this batch of aircraft is significantly lower than the above catalogue price.

This is the largest single order for the C919, and China Eastern Airlines is currently the world's largest user of the C919 large airliner. 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.

China Eastern Airlines is also the world's first user of the domestic large aircraft C919. As early as December 9, 2022, China Eastern Airlines officially received the world's first delivery aircraft of C919. On May 28 this year, China Eastern Airlines successfully completed the round-trip flight of C919's first commercial flight "Shanghai Hongqiao-Beijing Capital".

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