Photo: Courtesy of China Southern Airlines

China's domestically developed C919 large passenger jet made its maiden commercial flight from Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province to Hefei, East China's Anhui Province on Sunday, as China Southern Airlines Flight CZ3813 landed at local airport, making the city the 23rd destination in the C919's commercial network.

Flight CZ3813 departs Guangzhou at 10:00 am and arrives in Hefei at 12:00 am, while the return flight, CZ3814, leaves Hefei at 13:05 pm and touches down in Guangzhou at 15:15 pm.

In the future, China Southern plans to operate the C919 on this route on a regular basis, according to the information the company shared with the Global Times on Sunday. 

China Southern currently operates 10 C919 aircraft. As the C919 fleet continues to expand, China Southern has concentrated the deployment of its C919 aircraft on major routes including Guangzhou to cities of Beijing, Wuhan and Nanjing. 

The airline is now expanding the C919's operational network. To date, China Southern Airline's C919 fleet has completed more than 9,500 flights and transported nearly 1.3 million passengers.

China Southern Airline's push is part of a broader trend — Chinese airlines are busy expanding the C919's network across the country.

On March 29, Air China's C919 made its maiden commercial flights from Beijing to Xiamen in East China's Fujian Province and Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, expanding operations to the southeastern coast and Northeast China. 

Global Times