China Eastern Airlines to become first carrier to receive C919

China Eastern Airlines and COMAC signed (01-Nov-2016) an agreement which will see China Eastern Airlines become the first customer to take delivery of the C919. The two companies will firm up orders for five of the 168 seat aircraft within a year of its first test flight, COMAC said. COMAC has orders and commitments from 23 customers for around 570 aircraft, it said. [more - original PR - Chinese]