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C919

C919 is a member of the COMAC C919 Family. It should be read within the wider family context because engines, range, cabin layout, and cargo capability vary by airline configuration and production standard.

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Overview

C919 is a member of the COMAC C919 Family. It should be read within the wider family context because engines, range, cabin layout, and cargo capability vary by airline configuration and production standard.

Advantages

  • Creates a domestic Chinese narrow-body platform.
  • Current layouts support mainstream two-class Chinese trunk-route operations.
  • Local industrial support can be important for long-term fleet planning.

Limitations

  • Current operator and cabin data are concentrated in China.
  • Low-cost and five-star airline cabin samples are not present in the provided workbook.
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Identification

Key terms

Technical features

  • Connects model suffixes, airline maintenance strategy, and performance limits.
  • Important for aircraft identification and fleet comparison.

Advantages

  • Helps explain range, payload, noise, and fuel-burn differences.

Limitations

  • Public data may omit thrust derates or later engine swaps.
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Aircraft line

FamilyCOMAC C919 Family
ModelC919

This is the most specific entry currently available. Browse other COMAC C919 Family subtypes

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Technical notes

Technical notes

  • Family context: The COMAC C919 is a Chinese single-aisle passenger aircraft family aimed at the domestic and international narrow-body market. It is designed around modern avionics, a conventional single-aisle cabin, and LEAP-1C engine installations in current commercial service.
  • Exact airline configuration can change seat count, galley arrangement, cargo capability, and operating range.
  • Engine reference: C919 uses LEAP-1C.
  • Cabin configuration should be treated as airline-specific: the same variant may be high-density, full-service, or premium-heavy.

Cabin configurations

Format: F8/J42/W28/Y216; F=First, J=Business, W=Premium Economy, Y=Economy

Air China

J8/Y150

AeroLOPA source: Air China C919, normalized cabin configuration J8/Y150. AeroLOPA C919 index includes only three Chinese full-service operators.

AeroLOPA

China Eastern

J8/Y156

AeroLOPA source: China Eastern C919, normalized cabin configuration J8/Y156.

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China Southern

J8/Y156

AeroLOPA source: China Southern C919, normalized cabin configuration J8/Y156.

AeroLOPA
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Sources

Wikipedia: COMAC C919 Family