China Commercial Flying Officer announced C919 to complete evidence collection test flight

Chinese Shangfei WeChat public account showed a congratulatory picture. Photo by China Shangfei WeChat public account

China News Network, Shanghai, August 1st (Reporter Yin Liqin) On August 1, China Shangfei WeChat public account showed a congratulatory picture, and the official announcement of C919 completed the testing of evidence.

The C919 large passenger aircraft is a large jet civil aircraft developed by my country in accordance with international civil aviation regulations and has independent intellectual property rights. It has 158-168 seats and 4075-5555 kilometers. The total assembly was completed on November 2, 2015, and the first flight was successful on May 5, 2017. On May 14 this year, China COMAC was about to deliver the first user's first C919 large aircraft for the first time.

On March 1, 2021, China Oriental Airlines, as the world's first startup users in the world, officially signed a large -scale passenger aircraft purchase contract with China COMAC in Shanghai. C919 large passenger airline. According to the preliminary arrangements of China Eastern Airlines, after the introduction of the five planes, it will use Shanghai as the main base and encrypted routes from Shanghai to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xiamen, Wuhan, Qingdao and other routes. In addition, Air China, China Southern Airlines, HNA, Sichuan Airlines, Happy Airlines, and Hebei Airlines also intend to order. A total of 28 customers have 815 orders. According to the annual report of China Eastern Airlines 2021, China Eastern plans to introduce three C919 large aircraft in 2022 and two in 2023.

It is understood that COMAC also submitted an application for flights to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to prepare for potential export orders and obtained EASA acceptance. As the main review agency of the C919 aircraft, the Civil Aviation Shanghai Review Center has also revealed that EASA has previously participated in multiple recognition review of the C919 aircraft. However, C919's total installed production place is in China. The Civil Aviation Administration of China is the main review country of the C919 aircraft, while EASA is mainly recognized and reviewed according to the requirements of the EU. Therefore, first obtaining the China Airlines Certificate (Model Qualification Certificate), which is one of the steps to obtain the EASA Airlines Certificate (Model Recognition Certificate) and exported steps.

Recently, the domestic large airport C919 has appeared in many airports across the country. On July 4th, C919 landed at Penglai International Airport at Yantai City; on July 5th, C919 completed the start and landing at Zhengzhou Airport in the rain for the first time; at 12:01 on July 7, the domestic large aircraft C919 landed at Tianhe Airport in Wuhan; July 8th; July 8 On the day, C919 conducted functions and reliability test flights at Guilin Airport and Beihai Airport; on July 12, C919 First Airlines Beijing Daxing International Airport.

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