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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  China Eastern Flies the C919's First Commercial Flight, Shanghai to Beijing

  Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Huqingping Highway, Chengjiaqiao, Changning District, Shanghai, 201101, ChinaCOMAC

  

  Starts 05/28/2023 2:32AM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 7 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.4 years ago

  Al Jazeera^[1]: 'The C919 took off at 10:32 a.m. (02:32 GMT) from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport'; COMAC^[4]: 'completed its first commercial flight on May 28th, 2023'.

  China Eastern flight MU9191 flew the C919's first commercial service from Shanghai Hongqiao to Beijing Capital on 28 May 2023, departing 10:32 with about 130 passengers.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  COMAC Delivers the First C919 to China Eastern Airlines

  Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Zhuqiao, Pudong, Shanghai, ChinaCOMAC

  

  Starts 12/09/2022CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.9 years ago

  Reuters via Gulf News^[1], 9 Dec 2022: 'The world's first C919 ... was delivered to launch customer China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai on Friday and took off for a 15-minute flight'; COMAC^[2]: 'delivered on December 9th, 2022'.

  COMAC handed the world's first production C919 (B-919A, 164 seats) to launch customer China Eastern at Shanghai Pudong on 9 December 2022; it flew a 15-minute commemorative flight to Hongqiao.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  COMAC C919 Wins Its CAAC Type Certificate Five Years After First Flight

  Beijing Capital International Airport, 四纬路, Liqiao, Shunyi District, Beijing, 100621, ChinaCOMAC

  

  Starts 09/29/2022CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better4.1 years ago

  COMAC's^[2] English site: 'C919 aircraft obtained the Type Certificate (TC) from Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on September 29th, 2022'; AirlineGeeks^[5]: 'received its Type Certificate ... on September 29, 2022'.

  China's regulator CAAC awarded the C919 its type certificate on 29 September 2022 at a ceremony at Beijing Capital Airport, five years after the first flight and clearing the way for deliveries.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  COMAC C919 Makes Its First Flight From Shanghai Pudong

  Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Zhuqiao, Pudong, Shanghai, ChinaCOMAC

  

  Starts 05/05/2017 6:01AM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better9.5 years ago

  The Points Guy^[1]: 'At 2:01pm on Friday, from Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, the COMAC^[2] C919 took to the skies for its maiden flight'; AP: it 'took off on its maiden test flight Friday'; COMAC: 'made a successful first flight on May 5th, 2017'. 14:01 China time is 06:01Z.

  China's first large jet airliner, the COMAC C919, took off from Shanghai Pudong at 2:01 pm on 5 May 2017 and flew 1 hour 19 minutes with a crew of five, about two and a half years after its roll-out.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  ARJ21-700 Flies China's First Home-Built Regional Jet Passengers

  Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, 机场东三路, Dongsheng, Shuangliu District, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610299, ChinaCOMAC

  

  Starts 06/28/2016CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better10.3 years ago

  GE Aerospace^[1], June 28, 2016: 'The first commercial flight of China's Chengdu Airlines' CF34-10A-powered ARJ21-700 took place today, flying from Chengdu to Shanghai'.

  Chengdu Airlines flew the first scheduled ARJ21-700 passenger service from Chengdu to Shanghai Hongqiao on 28 June 2016, about 70 passengers on board, 7.5 years after the first flight.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  COMAC Delivers the First ARJ21-700 to Chengdu Airlines

  Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Zhuqiao, Pudong, Shanghai, ChinaCOMAC

  

  Starts 11/29/2015CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better10.9 years ago

  GE Aerospace^[1][3], 30 Nov 2015: 'COMAC celebrated the delivery of the first ARJ21 yesterday to launch customer Chengdu Airlines during a special ceremony in Shanghai ... exactly seven years after it took its first flight'.

  COMAC handed the first ARJ21-700 (B-3321) to launch customer Chengdu Airlines at a Shanghai ceremony on 29 November 2015, seven years to the day after its first flight; the jet flew on to Chengdu the same day.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  COMAC ARJ21-700 Wins Its Chinese Type Certificate After Six Years of Testing

  Civil Aviation Administration of China, 155, Dongsi West Street, 隆福寺社区, Jingshan Subdistrict, 首都功能核心区, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100710, ChinaCOMAC

  

  Starts 12/30/2014CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better11.8 years ago

  COMAC's^[1] English product page: 'C909 aircraft obtained the Type Certificate (TC) from Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on December 30th, 2014'; GE and COMAC's ICAO^[3][4] paper give the same date.

  China's aviation regulator CAAC issued the ARJ21-700 type certificate on 30 December 2014, six years after the first flight, clearing China's first home-built regional jet for airline delivery.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  COMAC ARJ21 Regional Jet Makes Its First Flight in Shanghai

  Shanghai Dachang Airport, Changzhong Road, Dachang, Baoshan District, Shanghai, 200436, ChinaCOMAC

  

  Starts 11/28/2008CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better17.9 years ago

  GE Aviation, 1 Dec 2008: 'With the maiden flight on November 28 of China's first domestically developed regional jet aircraft, the flight test program ... is now underway'; Airways dates it 28 Nov 2008 from Shanghai's Dachang Airfield.^[1]

  China's first domestically developed regional jet, the ARJ21 prototype, made its maiden flight on 28 November 2008 from Shanghai's Dachang Airfield, flying for about an hour to 9,000 feet.

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