China Eastern to operate COMAC C919 on Shanghai-Beijing route
China Eastern Airlines, which is the launch customer for the Chinese-produced 150-seat C919, will operate the aircraft on its Shanghai-Beijing route. The C919, produced by COMAC, launched its inaugural flight May 5. China Eastern chairman Liu Shaoyong said the carrier has maintained close contact and cooperation with COMAC on C919 research and development, including operations and MRO. “The global commercial aircraft market has huge potential and China is a big market itself, so a safe, economic, comfortable and environment-friendly aircraft will be popular. Thus, I believe the C919 will definitely become a star aircraft,” Liu said. COMAC is also set to launch a JV with Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. to design and develop a 281-seat widebody aircraft, dubbed the C929. <br/>
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China Eastern to operate COMAC C919 on Shanghai-Beijing route
China Eastern Airlines, which is the launch customer for the Chinese-produced 150-seat C919, will operate the aircraft on its Shanghai-Beijing route. The C919, produced by COMAC, launched its inaugural flight May 5. China Eastern chairman Liu Shaoyong said the carrier has maintained close contact and cooperation with COMAC on C919 research and development, including operations and MRO. “The global commercial aircraft market has huge potential and China is a big market itself, so a safe, economic, comfortable and environment-friendly aircraft will be popular. Thus, I believe the C919 will definitely become a star aircraft,” Liu said. COMAC is also set to launch a JV with Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. to design and develop a 281-seat widebody aircraft, dubbed the C929. <br/>
