January 9

China Eastern Airlines C919 large passenger aircraft begins operation

Commercial flights on the Shanghai Hongqiao-Beijing Daxing route

This is China Eastern Airlines C919 following Shanghai Hongqiao-Chengdu Tianfu

After normalized business operations

The second scheduled commercial route carried out by C919

Towards "flying out of safety, flying out of ambition,

The goal of "flying out the brand and flying out the benefits" is making steady progress

The Beijing-Shanghai route is the busiest business route in my country. As early as 2007, China Eastern Airlines was the first to open the "Beijing-Shanghai Air Express", which was also the first "Air Express" in China. Currently, China Eastern Airlines operates 404 flights per week on the Beijing-Shanghai route, with an average of about 57 flights per day (two-way), covering all morning, lunch and evening hours and four major airports including Beijing Capital, Beijing Daxing, Shanghai Hongqiao and Shanghai Pudong.

At the same time, as the first airline to enter Beijing Daxing International Airport and have a "Beijing-Shanghai dual core hub", China Eastern Airlines operates as its main base airline in Shanghai Hongqiao and Beijing Daxing. After China Eastern Airlines C919 joins the operation of this route, it will provide Passengers will bring a new experience of domestic large aircraft, especially business people and international passengers will have more opportunities to "sit and fly", experience the C919, a new global aircraft, up close and feel full of "Chinese style" Safety demonstration videos, aircraft supplies with "China Seal" and other new experiences of China Eastern Airlines' "Four Fine Services".

So far, China Eastern Airlines has received four C919 large passenger aircraft and is committed to working with all parties to build the C919 into a mainstream and mature model. On May 28, 2023, the world's first C919 delivered by China Eastern Airlines successfully made its commercial maiden flight on the "Shanghai Hongqiao-Beijing Capital" route; starting from May 29 of that year, the C919 began to perform the "Shanghai Hongqiao-Chengdu Tianfu" regular route; 2023 On September 28, 2019, China Eastern Airlines signed a contract to order an additional 100 C919 aircraft, becoming the world's largest user of C919.