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New Milestone: COMAC C919 Carries 500,000th Passenger

COMAC C919 hits 500,000th passenger milestone 15 months after launch, with more airlines set to adopt the aircraft.

China’s 144-hour visa-free policy boosts tourism, benefiting Chinese airlines’ expansion while challenging foreign carriers amid competition.

Six years later, the ARJ21 program once again urgently needs new orders, customers, or solutions to address overcapacity issues.

The three largest are owned by the Chinese government.

As orders are nearly fulfilled, COMAC urgently needs to find new orders or customers for the ARJ21 program to address overcapacity.

China Eastern Airlines is currently still the only operator of the C919, but not for long.

Including China’s big three, six airlines will operate over 20,000 domestic flights in China next month.

Melbourne Airport is close to full recovery to pre-pandemic levels and is already planning a third runway to handle 76 million passengers in 2042.

The composition of China’s international flights has gradually undergone structural changes before and after the pandemic.

Melbourne Airport has added more connections to and from China, as it steadily goes about a 100% recovery to pre-pandemic levels.