In the afternoon of July 14, 2023, a second C919 aircraft was officially delivered to China Eastern Airlines. A “three certificate” issuance and delivery ceremony was held for the China Eastern Airlines‘ C919 aircraft in the flight test complex building of the Zhuqiao base of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC)
Relevant personnel and appointed representatives of CAAC East China Regional Administration, all members of CEA awaiting team, relevant leaders of the Assembly Manufacturing Centre of COMAC, and the main members of the delivery team attended the ceremony.
The final assembly of this aircraft was completed in February 2023 and the production flight test was completed in June 2023. After entering the delivery phase, the CEA awaiting team cooperated closely with the COMAC delivery team to carefully complete all the work such as aircraft appearance inspection, ground test, delivery flight test, CAAC inspection and document handover.
China Eastern Airlines C919 aircraft completed its ferry flight in the morning of July 16 and will be put into route operation in the near future.