Shenzhen Airport witnessed the primary look of China’s homegrown C909 jet on the night of October 2, with the plane working its maiden worldwide flight from Shenzhen to Manado, Indonesia, early on October 3. The route, run by Indonesia’s Lion Air (the primary abroad consumer of C909), flies 3 times per week: departing Manado at 21:10 (Tue/Thu/Sat) and arriving in Shenzhen at 01:00 subsequent day, whereas leaving Shenzhen at 02:00 (Wed/Fri/Solar) and reaching Manado at 05:40.
This marks the primary time a Chinese language-made jet has operated a global route from Shenzhen, a key step for the globalization of China’s civil plane. The C909, a short-to-medium-haul turbofan jet with unbiased mental property rights, has been in business service since 2016. It has delivered over 160 items to 10+ airways (home and abroad), operated 700+ routes, and carried over 24 million passengers. Lion Air, which has used C909 for over two years and owns 5 such jets, as soon as set a C909 each day utilization document of 15.88 hours.
On the identical day, Shenzhen Airport additionally launched a Shenzhen-Da Nang (Vietnam) route, bringing its direct Southeast Asian passenger locations to 22 and strengthening its “4-hour flight circle” benefit within the area. Notably, China’s massive jet C919 has been working common Shenzhen-Shanghai Hongqiao flights since Could this yr, permitting vacationers to take Chinese language-made jets on each home and worldwide routes from Shenzhen.
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