China Eastern Airlines receives new, homegrown jetliner

China Eastern Airlines, the first global customer of the homegrown passenger aircraft C919, received the fifth C919 jetliner on Saturday morning in Shanghai.

Coded as B-919F, the jet took off from the Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 9:30 am and landed at the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 9:51 am, officially joining China Eastern's aircraft fleet, according to the Shanghai-based carrier.

China Eastern purchased the first five C919 jets in 2021, and the airliner inked a deal with the jet's manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) to buy another 100 C919 aircraft on Sept 28, 2023.