China News Service, Beijing, March 5 (China News reporter Ge Cheng) The reporter learned on the 5th that China Eastern Airlines continues to expand the scale of domestically produced large aircraft operations, and it is expected that the size of the C919 fleet of China Eastern Airlines will reach 10 aircraft in 2024.

As more C919s are delivered, domestic large aircraft are shifting from initial operations to large-scale operations.

Data map: Passenger plane 919 (B-919D) prepares to taxi at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.

It has flown more than 1,900 hours in total and carried more than 80,000 passengers.

　　Data from China Eastern Airlines shows that since it was put into commercial operation in May 2023, as of the end of 2023, the China Eastern Airlines C919 fleet has flown a total of 1,956.16 hours and carried a total of 81,668 passengers.

　　Currently, four C919 aircraft in the China Eastern Airlines fleet have been put into commercial operation. On March 2, 2024, the first batch of five orders will be fully delivered.

Previously, China Eastern Airlines had signed an aircraft purchase agreement with COMAC to order an additional 100 C919s.

It is reported that other domestic airlines will also begin to receive domestically produced large aircraft C919 in 2024.

On February 18, local time, the domestic commercial aircraft C919 made its debut at a flight preview at the 2024 Singapore Air Show.

This is the first time that a domestically produced large aircraft has participated in an overseas performance.

Made many overseas appearances, meeting the public in Singapore and Laos

　　The 2024 National Civil Aviation Work Conference proposed that the domestically produced large aircraft C919 will be promoted abroad.

In 2024, civil aviation will do a good job in the post-certification management of C919 and ARJ21, carry out the airworthiness review of C919 and ARJ21 modification optimization, and promote the EASA approval review of C919 aircraft.

　　In February 2024, the world's first C919 large aircraft of China Eastern Airlines successfully arrived at Singapore Changi International Airport after a non-stop flight of nearly 6 hours and approximately 4,200 kilometers to participate in the 2024 Singapore Air Show in Singapore.

During the air show, five domestic aircraft produced by COMAC, including the China Eastern Airlines C919, met with the public and made "group" appearances overseas.

　　In March 2024, the large passenger aircraft C919 and regional aircraft ARJ21 produced in China flew from Vietnam to Laos and landed at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane, the capital of Laos.

The two models came to Laos for display for the first time.

  The picture shows C919 soaring over Hong Kong on December 16, 2023.

Photo by China News Service reporter Hou Yu

Promote the continuous optimization and improvement of the performance design of domestic large aircraft

　　Currently, domestic large aircraft are moving from initial operations to large-scale operations.

What are the next steps?

　　"Good aircraft are built and flown." According to Li Yangmin, general manager and deputy party secretary of China Eastern Airlines, compared with mature similar models in the world, domestic large aircraft are still in their infancy in terms of large-scale commercial operation. , to achieve success in market and commercial operations, it is necessary to continue to explore the large-scale operation model of domestic large aircraft and continue to improve core competitiveness.

　　As the scale of C919 delivery expands, Li Yangmin suggested that the operation coordination mechanism should be further built, and the coordination mechanism should be upgraded from the enterprise level to the industry level. The industry authorities should take the lead in organizing, further enhance the level of the operation consultation mechanism, and expand the scope of participation to facilitate all parties. Better share operational experience, solve problems related to large-scale commercial operations of domestic large aircraft with higher efficiency and lower costs, and promote the continuous optimization and improvement of the performance design of domestic large aircraft.

　　He also pointed out that the large-scale operation of the C919 large aircraft requires close coordination between the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain. He suggested further improving the operation guarantee system, vigorously supporting domestic manufacturing enterprises to carry out product research and development around the C919, and at the same time doing a good job in operation guarantee to ensure the operational efficiency of domestic civil aircraft. , enhance market competitiveness.

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