Newshot China Eastern's C919 Opens New "Shanghai Hongqiao – Zhengzhou" Route, With the Largest Fleet in China
IT Home, November 15 news — according to CCTV News, on November 15, China Eastern Airlines opened a new route for the domestically built large passenger aircraft C919, "Shanghai Hongqiao – Zhengzhou." At 10:02 this morning, the inaugural flight landed smoothly at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport.
It is understood that China Eastern's C919 "Shanghai Hongqiao – Zhengzhou" route is scheduled for one flight daily, with round-trip flight numbers MU5395/MU5396 and a one-way flight time of about 1 hour 40 minutes. The outbound flight departs Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 08:05 and arrives at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport at 09:55; the return flight departs Zhengzhou at 10:55 and arrives in Shanghai at 12:40.
China Eastern currently operates the largest C919 fleet among domestic airlines, with the number of aircraft reaching 17. With the opening of the "Shanghai Hongqiao – Zhengzhou" route, the cities served by China Eastern's C919 have expanded to 18 destinations in 16 cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Xi'an, Chongqing, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xiamen, Zhuhai, Lanzhou, Shenyang, Harbin, and Zhengzhou.
IT Home notes that the C919 large passenger aircraft is China's first jet trunk airliner independently developed in accordance with internationally accepted airworthiness standards and with independent intellectual property rights. It has a seating capacity of 158–192 seats and a range of 4,075–5,555 kilometers. Final assembly was completed and the aircraft rolled off the line on November 2, 2015; it successfully made its maiden flight on May 5, 2017; it received the type certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China on September 29, 2022; the world's first aircraft was delivered on December 9, 2022; and it successfully completed its first commercial flight on May 28, 2023.
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