The ninth C919 aircraft of China Southern Airlines has been put into operation, flying multiple popular routes.

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12/02/2026
Yesterday, China Southern Airlines' latest ninth domestically produced large aircraft C919 officially entered service, with its inaugural flight flying the Guangzhou-Xi'an route. Last night, the new domestically produced large aircraft C919 entered into service by China Southern Airlines returned from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. After the inaugural flight, this aircraft will operate two round-trip flights daily between Changsha and Beijing Daxing during the Spring Festival travel rush. So far, China Southern Airlines has a total of 9 domestically produced large aircraft C919 in operation. During last year's Spring Festival travel rush, the China Southern Airlines C919 was first deployed in the travel rush operations, and this year, the C919 will operate regularly on routes between Guangzhou and Xi'an, Wuhan, Changsha, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing, as well as on routes between Changsha and Beijing Daxing, Shanghai Pudong, totaling more than 1000 flights expected during the entire Spring Festival travel rush.