China News Service, Shanghai, December 9 (Reporter Sun Zifa) December 9, 2022 is an important day worthy of being recorded in history for China and the world's civil aviation community.
On December 9th, Shanghai, the world's first delivery of China's domestic large passenger aircraft C919.
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On this day, the world's first China-made large passenger aircraft C919 was officially delivered to users in Shanghai, and the Chinese people's long-standing dream of flying a domestically-made large aircraft is about to become a reality.
For the first time, China's civil aviation transportation market will have jet mainline aircraft independently developed by China. As a result, China's large aircraft industry has also entered a new journey of large-scale and serial development.
The official delivery of the world's first C919 also means that for more than 30 years, the global civil aviation transportation market will usher in the latest newly developed single-aisle mainline aircraft.
Undoubtedly, this will provide more choices for global airlines and customers, bring more opportunities for global suppliers and partners, inject new vitality into the global commercial aircraft industry, and better serve the beautiful travel needs of global air passengers .
For this day, after the discontinuation of the "10th National Games" project in the 20th century and the "died without a disease" of the McDonnell Douglas cooperation project, several generations of Chinese aviation personnel adhered to the firm belief of "get up from wherever you fall", and worked hard and continued to struggle , and finally rejuvenated the large aircraft business and established a new direction and new goals.
For this day, in 2006, China included large aircraft in the 16 major national science and technology projects identified in the "National Medium and Long-Term Science and Technology Development Plan (2006-2020)"; in May 2008, it undertook the development of large passenger aircraft and coordinated the trunk line Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China), which develops aircraft and regional aircraft, was formally established in Shanghai. It was affectionately known as a large aircraft company, and the development of large passenger aircraft in China officially started.
The picture shows a group photo of representatives of China Eastern Airlines stewardesses with the C919 large passenger aircraft.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sun Zifa
Subsequently, through continuous scientific and technological research, China's first large passenger aircraft, C919, rolled off the assembly line in November 2015 and successfully made its first flight in May 2017. It obtained the type certificate and production license in September and November 2022, and then As of today, the world's first C919 has been successfully delivered.
Over the past ten years, China's large aircraft industry has created one major milestone after another, successfully "blossoming and bearing fruit".
COMAC, whose corporate mission is to "let China's large aircraft soar into the blue sky", stated at the delivery ceremony that from the design, development, production and manufacturing of the C919 to today's delivery, COMAC has always been market-oriented and has continuously provided products that satisfy customers. The high-quality products and services demanded, and safety throughout the entire life cycle of the aircraft, strive to build the C919 large passenger aircraft into a commercial aircraft that "airlines love to buy, pilots love to fly, and passengers love to ride".
The picture shows the economy class of the C919 large passenger plane.
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In response to the issue of the impact of China's first delivery of C919 on the world civil aviation market, some observers have analyzed that at present, the world's civil airliner market is still dominated by European Airbus (A) American Boeing (B) and Chinese large passenger aircraft (C). Joining market competition is of great significance to promoting cooperation and innovation in the global aviation industry chain.
The world is big and the sky is vast, which can fully accommodate A, B, and C to compete and cooperate on the same stage. As long as we maintain healthy competition and promote mutually beneficial cooperation, we will surely achieve a win-win situation.
Of course, the C919 world's first delivery ceremony took the theme of "Flying Together in a New Era", which also fully demonstrated China's attitude and desire to invite cooperation and join hands in the field of civil aviation.
For the development of civil aircraft, the world's first delivery of the C919 is just the first step in the "Long March". There is still a long way to go for the follow-up commercial maiden voyage, route operation, and market expansion.
Facing the future, we look forward to and believe that China's large aircraft industry, which is "just emerging from the small lotus", will continue to develop steadily, continue to give full play to its advantages as a latecomer, and occupy the "C position" in China's blue sky as soon as possible.
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