China Eastern Airlines C919 large passenger plane ＂operated by two planes＂ for the first time today.

　　Xinmin Evening News (Reporter Jin Zhigang) Today, two C919 domestic large aircraft that China Eastern Airlines has received started the "two-plane commercial operation" for the first time, and the "Shanghai Hongqiao-Chengdu Tianfu" route was implemented on the same day, continuing to move towards the goal of "flying out of safety, flying out of ambition, flying out of brands and flying out of benefits".

　　Caption: MU9197, the first Shanghai-Chengdu flight that C919 flew today, is preparing to take off from Hongqiao Airport.

　　It is reported that on August 4th, the round-trip flight numbers of C919 flying to Shanghai-Chengdu Express were MU9197/MU9198 and MU9189/MU9190 respectively. According to the plan, every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, China Eastern Airlines C919 will carry out four flights between Shanghai Hongqiao and Chengdu Tianfu; At other times, 2 flights are carried out every day. The vast number of passengers will have more choices to experience domestic large aircraft.

　　There is a famous saying in the international aviation industry that "good planes fly out". The Shanghai-Chengdu Express Line of China Eastern Airlines runs about 38 round-trip flights every day, involving Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai Pudong, Chengdu Shuangliu and Chengdu Tianfu. It is an important business boutique express line of China Eastern Airlines. The related flight operation will accumulate important data and valuable experience for the commercial operation of C919, and continue to help the high-quality development of domestic large aircraft industry.

　　On December 9, 2022, as the first user in the world, China Eastern Airlines officially received the world's first C919 large passenger plane from Comac China. On May 28th, 2023, China Eastern Airlines successfully completed the round-trip flight of the first commercial flight of C919 "Shanghai Hongqiao-Beijing Capital". Since then, the first C919 has served passengers on the Shanghai-Chengdu Express Line. As of July 31st this year, the first C919 has carried out 125 commercial flights, with a cumulative commercial operation of 3.6032 hours and a cumulative service of over 15,000 passengers. On July 16th this year, China Eastern Airlines officially received the second C919 large passenger plane, and the commercial operation was steadily advanced.

　　Since the C919 was put into commercial operation, passengers' flight experience has received good feedback. C919 safety demonstration video full of "Chinese style", themed meals, machine offerings with "Chinese seal", exclusive electronic boarding pass of C919 and other special services are also loved and praised by passengers.