China Eastern Airlines receives new, homegrown jetliner

By WANG YING | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-03-02 17:20
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China Eastern Airlines, the first global customer of the homegrown passenger aircraft C919, receives the fifth C919 jetliner on March 2, 2024 morning in Shanghai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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.

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