China Southern staff stand in front of a C919 full-motion cabin trainer.
SINGAPORE—China Southern Airlines said it is expecting to take delivery of its first Comac C919 narrowbody airliner at the end of August and has been training its staff in preparation.
The airline will be introducing a three-class configuration on the C919—business, premium economy and economy—with 164 seats. All cabin products are supplied by domestic manufacturers, the airline said. The first C919 in China Southern livery has already rolled out of Comac’s Shanghai plant.
On top of the first eight pilots who were certified following a 38-day conversion training course, China Southern says 26 cabin crew also received training on the C919 at the Guangzhou Industry-Education Integration Training Base. More notably, photos released by China Southern show a full-motion C919 cabin trainer to enhance realism for emergency training.
China Southern’s technical department will also increase cooperation with Comac on component R&D, engineering, MRO and additional training.
China’s largest airline group announced the acquisition of 100 C919s in the baseline configuration back in May in a deal pegged at $9.9 billion based on list price.
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