COMAC Delivers the First C919 to China Eastern Airlines

• Reuters reported the jet, with 164 seats and a livery reading 'the world's first C919', was delivered in Shanghai and flew a 15-minute flight to mark the moment^[1]
• COMAC handed China Eastern a commemorative key and sales certificate while CAAC issued the airworthiness certificate; 80 guests flew from Pudong to Hongqiao^[1][2]
• China Eastern, with five firm orders, planned to receive the remaining four of its first batch over the next two years; the second aircraft came on 14 July 2023 and the fifth on 2 March 2024^[1][3]
• The jet had been certified in September and cleared for mass production in November 2022; commercial service followed on 28 May 2023^[1][2]
• US sanctions on engine supply limited deliveries to 16 aircraft in all of 2025^[3]

Notable features

• C919-100 standard range: 158 to 192 seats (China Eastern: 164 in two classes, 8 business and 156 economy); length 38.9 m (127 ft 7 in), wingspan 35.8 m (117 ft 5 in); two CFM LEAP-1C engines^[3][4]
• Maximum takeoff weight 75,100 kg (standard) and 78,900 kg (extended range); range at standard payload 4,139 km (2,235 nmi) standard and 5,576 km (3,011 nmi) extended; cruise Mach 0.785; ceiling 12,131 m^[3][4]
• Takeoff field length at maximum weight, sea level, ISA: 2,052 m (6,732 ft) standard; landing field length 2,043 m^[4]