Milestone moments of China's C919 jetliner

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's homegrown C919 large passenger aircraft landed safely at the new Ulan Bator airport in Mongolia on Wednesday afternoon after departing from Beijing Capital International Airport, marking the completion of the aircraft's first scheduled international commercial passenger flight. The C919 is China's first self-developed trunk jetliner in accordance with international airworthiness standards and registered with independent intellectual property rights. As of Aug. 10, the C919 had served 57 routes linking 25 cities and handled more than 7.5 million passenger trips, said the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd., the jet developer. The photos show you some milestone moments of the C919 jetliner. The C919 project was launched in 2007. The first C919 aircraft rolled off the production line in Shanghai in November 2015. The plane conducted a successful maiden flight in 2017. In the following years, the C919 conducted several test flights in different locations to test its capabilities. The C919 has gone through tests in various types of extreme natural environments including high temperature, high humidity, severe cold, gusts and freeze. Its safety, reliability, and environmental protection performance have been comprehensively assessed. It obtained the type certificate in September 2022, which indicates that the jetliner's design meets airworthiness standards and environmental requirements. The plane received its production certificate on Nov. 29, 2022, meaning the model can enter mass production. On Dec. 9, 2022, the first C919 aircraft was delivered to its first customer, China Eastern Airlines.