Ngokwamagosa e-China Southern Airlines, umthuthi ubhengeze ukuba ulindele ijethi yakhe entsha yokukhwela i-C919 ukuba iqalise imisebenzi yorhwebo phakathi kuSeptemba. I-airline, ikomkhulu e-Guangzhou, yamkele okokuqala Iinqwelomoya zeC919 kwinqanawa yayo emva kokufika kwayo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseGuangzhou Baiyun ngentsasa yangoLwesine. Inqwelo moya yabakhweli ye-C919 icwangciselwe ukusuka eGuangzhou ukuya eShanghai nge-19 kaSeptemba.
Inqwelomoya yokuqala yeC919 China Southern Airlines yenzelwe uqwalaselo lwemigangatho emithathu, ehlala abakhweli be-164 bebonke. Oku kubandakanya izihlalo ezisi-8 kwiklasi yeshishini, i-18 kuqoqosho lwe-premium, kunye ne-138 kwiklasi yezoqoqosho.
Inqwelomoya iceba ukusebenzisa inqwelomoya ye-C919 eyifumana kulo nyaka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseGuangzhou, inikezela ngeenqwelomoya kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ezifana neBeijing, iShanghai, iChengdu, neXi'an.
Ngo-Epreli, i-China Southern igqibe isivumelwano sokuthenga iinqwelo-moya ze-100 ze-C919 kwi-Commercial Aircraft Corporation yase-China (COMAC), kunye nokuhanjiswa kulindeleke ukuba kuqhubeke kude kube yi-2031.
I-China Southern Airlines kunye ne-Air China bathathe unikezelo lwenqwelomoya yabo yokuqala ye-C919 eShanghai izolo, ephawula isiganeko esibalulekileyo njengoko inqwelomoya yokuqala yabakhweli eyenziwe ekhaya iqala kwinqanaba elitsha lokusasazwa kwabantu abaninzi.
Ukusukela namhlanje, iCOMAC ihambise ngempumelelo iinqwelomoya ezilithoba ze-C919, zonke kwiinqwelomoya ezintathu eziphambili zaseTshayina. I-China Eastern Airlines, umthengi wokuqala we-C919, uye wafumana ukusebenza okuthembekileyo kokusebenza ukususela ekuqalisweni kwayo kwinkonzo kwiinyanga ezili-15 ezidlulileyo, eqhuba iindlela ezintlanu eziqhelekileyo kunye nokugqiba iinqwelomoya ze-3,600 zorhwebo.