The first C919 large passenger aircraft with registration number B-919A completes preparations for delivery at an assembly center in Pudong, Shanghai, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
The first C919, China's first domestically-developed narrow-body passenger jet, was delivered to China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai on Friday morning, and it is expected to be put into commercial operation in early 2023.
A pattern of a Chinese seal reading "world's first C919" in Chinese is printed in the front part of the plane at an assembly center in Pudong, Shanghai, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
The first C919 large passenger aircraft with registration number B-919A completes preparations for delivery at an assembly center in Pudong, Shanghai, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Crew members of China Eastern Airlines pose for group photos in front of the world's first C919 large passenger aircraft at an assembly center in Pudong, Shanghai, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
The first C919 large passenger aircraft with registration number B-919A completes preparations for delivery at an assembly center in Pudong, Shanghai, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Photo shows the interior view of the cockpit in the world's first C919 large passenger aircraft at an assembly center in Pudong, Shanghai, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Photo shows the interior view of the world's first C919 large passenger aircraft at an assembly center in Pudong, Shanghai, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Photo shows the interior view of the world's first C919 large passenger aircraft at an assembly center in Pudong, Shanghai, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
The first C919 large passenger aircraft with registration number B-919A completes preparations for delivery at an assembly center in Pudong, Shanghai, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)