The daily service connecting Beijing and the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar will begin on Aug. 12, offering one round-trip flight per day, Xinhua reported.
Air China currently operates the aircraft daily on the Beijing–Hong Kong route, having received 12 C919s so far. As of the end of April this year, the aircraft had completed over 42,000 commercial passenger flights, primarily flown by Chinese airlines.
Developed and manufactured by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), the C919 is the country's first domestically built passenger jet.
The standard version seats between 158 and 192 passengers and boasts a range of 4,075 to 5,555 kilometers. The first C919 rolled off the production line in November 2015 and completed its maiden flight in May 2017, according to the Global Times.
The aircraft secured certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China in September 2022, paving the way for its first customer delivery that December. Its inaugural commercial flight took place shortly after, in May 2023.
