On December 9, a large C919 passenger plane numbered B-919A set sail from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, marking the first delivery of the world's first C919 large passenger plane, China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Eastern Airlines"). At the delivery ceremony of

, COMAC delivered the "C919 world's first commemorative key" to China Eastern Airlines and issued an aircraft sales certificate; the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued a nationality registration certificate, a stand-alone airworthiness certificate (AC), and a radio license to China Eastern Airlines.
This time, the C919 large passenger plane delivered to China China Eastern Airlines has a special paint and "ID number". The "world's first" "China Seal" logo and corresponding English are printed on the front of the fuselage.

aircraft registration number B-919A, "B" represents the Chinese nationality of the aircraft, "919" matches the model name, and "A" has the meaning of the first aircraft, highlighting the extraordinary significance of this new global model and the first aircraft in the world.

This aircraft has a two-cabin layout of 164 seats, business class 8 seats, and 156 seats in economy class. The cabin interior, passenger seats, on-board entertainment system and aircraft exterior painting have been customized. After completing the additional operation qualification approval and preparation for sailing of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the aircraft was officially put into operation. The delivery of the first aircraft of

C919 is another major milestone in the development of my country's large aircraft industry. This means that over the past 30 years, the global civil aviation transportation market will usher in the latest newly developed single-channel trunk aircraft. After several generations of efforts, my country's civil aviation transportation market will have a jet trunk aircraft independently developed by China for the first time.


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