China's first self-developed narrow-body jet C919 welcomes its 500,000th passenger aboard its flight from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on September 1. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

China's first self-developed narrow-body jet C919 welcomed its 500,000th passenger on Sunday in its flight from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, according to C919's first global customer China Eastern Airlines.

据C919全球首家用户中国东方航空公司介绍，中国首架自主研发的客机C919周日从成都天府国际机场飞往上海虹桥国际机场，迎来了第50万名乘客。

Since launching commercial flights of the very first C919 on May 28, 2023, China Eastern's C919 fleet has accumulated more than 10,000 hours of safe flight operation as of Sunday and served more than 500,000 passengers via over 3,700 commercial flights.

C919自2023年5月28日投入商业运营以来，已累计安全飞行超1万小时，执行商业航班超3700班、承运旅客突破50万人次大关。

China's first self-developed narrow-body jet C919 welcomes its 500,000th passenger aboard its flight from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on September 1. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Since the delivery of the world's first C919 on December 9, 2022, quite a few firsts have been recorded by the aircraft.

自2022年12月9日全球首架C919交付以来，这架飞机创造了不少“第一”。

Debuting its commercial flight on May 28, 2023, the jetliner experienced the nation's busiest traveling period, the Spring Festival travel rush, from January 26 through March 5 this year. The aircraft made its maiden overseas show during the Singapore Airshow. And a C919 jetliner in the fleet of China Eastern Airlines launched its first overseas commercial chartered flight on June 1.

该客机于2023年5月28日首次商业飞行，经历了今年1月26日至3月5日全国最繁忙的旅行时期——春运。同时，这架飞机在新加坡航展期间首次在海外亮相。6月1日，中国东方航空公司一架C919客机开始了首次海外商业包机飞行。

China's first self-developed narrow-body jet C919 welcomes its 500,000th passenger aboard its flight from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on September 1. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

To date, China Eastern's C919 fleet has expanded to seven jets, operating five C919 regular commercial routes between Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Chinese destinations of Beijing, Chengdu of Sichuan province, Xi'an of Shaanxi province, and Guangzhou of Guangdong province, as well as between Xi'an and Beijing.

截至目前，东航C919机队已达7架，执飞上海虹桥-成都天府、上海虹桥-北京大兴、上海虹桥-西安咸阳、上海虹桥-广州白云、西安咸阳-北京大兴等5条“精品快线”。

Source:chinadaily.com

Editor: ChenDawei

Senior Editor: MinJie