China Eastern Airlines received its 10th C919 jetliner from its manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) on Dec 31 in Shanghai, according to the Shanghai-based carrier. [Provided to ...

The C919, by contrast, was marketed as a shift from this joint-venture legacy. It is China’s first major attempt to build a jetliner designed for global competitiveness, incorporating contemporary ...

LONDON: To ring in the new year, China’s homegrown jet, the C919 – nicknamed “daifeiji”, or “Great Airplane” – took its first regularly scheduled passenger flight outside the Chinese ...

As the country's airlines of China Eastern, Air China and China Southern have added the C919 aircraft to their fleets, this homegrown aircraft model has been involved in chunyun -- with 16 such ...

1 (Xinhua) -- China Eastern Airlines on Wednesday started using China's domestically-produced C919 jetliner for regular flights between Shanghai and Hong Kong. Flight MU721 carrying 157 passengers ...

Shen Bo, COMAC's Deputy General Manager, announced during the annual “Two Sessions” plenary parliamentary meeting in Shanghai on January 17, 2025, that the company plans to achieve a production ...

China’s leading aircraft manufacturer is set to ring in an even busier 2025 as it scales up production to fulfil a bevy of orders for its home-grown planes – particularly the C919 narrowbody jet.

Flight attendants interact with passengers during a themed activity aboard a C919 passenger jet carrying out a flight from Guangzhou to Chengdu, on Jan. 14, 2025. The China Southern Airlines held ...

A C919 jetliner of the China Eastern Airlines arrives at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, June 1, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] In 2024, the civil aviation industry achieved a record ...

COMAC, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, also aims for European certification for the C919 as early as this year, Yang Yang, deputy general manager of the company's marketing centre ...