China Eastern Airlines completes engine replacement for first delivered C919

China Eastern Airlines has successfully completed the engine replacement for the world's first delivered C919 aircraft, addressing the maintenance capacity gap for the country's homegrown narrow-body airliner.

The maintenance team completed 60 work order items and over 10 non-routine tasks in order to ensure the quality of the operation. The accomplishment makes it the first airline in the world capable of maintaining and replacing parts for the C919.

"We have completed our first engine replacement, which will ensure the sustainable operation of the C919 aircraft in China Eastern Airlines in the future and enhance its performance," said Dong Haoyang, manager of the C919 engine replacement project at China Eastern Xibei Airlines.

China Eastern Airlines, the launch customer for the C919, has reported consistent operational performance with seven C919 aircraft since the jetliner was put into service on May 28, 2023.

China Eastern Airlines completes engine replacement for first delivered C919

China's marine economy showed steady progress in the first three quarters of 2024, with a gross ocean product of 7.7 trillion yuan (more than 1.08 trillion U.S. dollars), a 5.4 percent year-on-year increase, according to the data released by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Thursday.

Approved sea-use areas grew 6.7 percent year on year, involving over 740 billion yuan (nearly 104 billion U.S. dollars) of investment in marine projects.

Marine energy production remained stable, with crude oil and natural gas output up by 5.9 percent and 8.8 percent respectively, and offshore wind power generation surged by 29.5 percent.

The output of domestic marine aquatic products rose over 4 percent.

Shipbuilding sustained its growth trend, with new orders, completed vessels and on-hand orders soaring over 45 percent, 31 percent and 31 percent from the same period of last year, respectively, keeping China in the lead in the global shipbuilding sector.

China's marine economy sustains stable growth in Q1-3