COMAC completes first test flight of first home-made C919 aircraft to be delivered
Global Times
By Global Times Published: May 14, 2022 12:23 PM
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) on Saturday morning completed the first test flight of the first home-made C919 aircraft to be delivered.
The plane flew from Shanghai International Pudong Airport at 6:52am, and landed back at the airport at 9:54am.
COMAC said the test completed the scheduled tasks and the aircraft performed well and was in good condition, according to its official website.
The plane is to be delivered to China Eastern Airlines.
Currently, the preparations for the test flight and delivery of the C919 large aircraft are progressing in an orderly manner, the company said.
Wu Yongliang, vice general manager of COMAC, said earlier this year that the plane is to be delivered to the customer in 2022.
The C919, China's first self-developed trunk jetliner, has 158-168 seats and a range of 4,075-5,555 km. The plane conducted its successful maiden flight in 2017. From 2019, six C919 aircraft projects conducted their test flights.
In December 2020, the aircraft entered the airworthiness certification process of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
In March of 2021, COMAC signed a purchase contract with China Eastern Airlines for five planes, marking the official entry into market operation for the plane. The new planes will be used on routes from Shanghai to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu, according to the airline company.
To date, COMAC has received 815 orders for the C919 from 28 customers worldwide.
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