A China-developed C919 aircraft landed at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on Feb 26, returning from its overseas debut.
The China-developed aircraft C919 completes its overseas debut on Feb 26, 2024, and is shown returning to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
According to China Eastern Air Holding Co. Ltd (China Eastern), the jet's first global customer, the C919 aircraft teamed up with other homegrown aircraft manufactured by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) to participate at the Singapore Airshow on Feb 20.
Visitors board the C919 aircraft at the Singapore Airshow. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
During the six-day show, the aircraft received more than 20 visitor groups on every professional spectator's day. The visitors included aircraft manufacturers, aviation service providers, and heads and senior professionals from enterprises of the upstream and downstream aviation industry chain.
A view of the C919 aircraft at the Singapore Airshow [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
A visitor to the airshow takes a selfie with the China-developed C919 aircraft. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Zhu Zeya)