On July 16, China Eastern Airlines Shanghai The second domestic C919 large passenger aircraft was officially accepted. At 10:00 on the same day, the plane was transferred from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International airport, officially "listed" in the fleet of China Eastern Airlines.
The C919 airliner received by China Eastern Airlines this time is the second of the first five C919 airliners purchased by China Eastern Airlines, and the cabin layout is consistent with that of the first aircraft. On July 14, the East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation issued the nationality registration certificate, airworthiness certificate and radio station license of the second C919 aircraft to China Eastern Airlines, which indicates that the aircraft has been qualified for commercial operation and meets the airworthiness requirements of civil aviation regulations.
China Eastern Airlines said that the second C919 will partner with the first aircraft, and first put into China Eastern Airlines "Shanghai Hongqiao - Chengdu Tianfu "air express line will gradually expand more routes in the future.
It is understood that as the world's first user of domestic C919 large passenger aircraft, China Eastern Airlines officially received the world's first delivery aircraft of C919 on December 9, 2022, and completed the round trip flight of the first commercial flight of C919 on May 28, 2023. As of July 12, the first C919 has carried out 87 commercial flights, with an average load factor of nearly 80%. It has served 11095 passengers in total and has operated for more than 250 hours.
