The first C919 airframe intended for commercial service was delivered to launch customer China Eastern Airlines on 9 December 2022.<ref name="Reuters9dec2022">{{Cite news |date=9 December 2022 |title=China Eastern takes delivery of the world's first made-in-China C919 jet |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/china-eastern-takes-delivery-worlds-first-made-in-china-c919-jet-2022-12-09/}}</ref> The second, third, fourth, and fifth airframes were delivered to China Eastern on 14 July 2023, 9 December 2023, 2 January 2024, and 2 March 2024 respectively, thereby completing China Eastern's initial order. A sixth aircraft was delivered to China Eastern Airlines on 28 May 2024. <ref>{{Cite news |title=China's C919: seat occupancy rate tops 80 per cent, up to 8 more home-grown passenger jets to be delivered in 2023 |url=https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3228851/chinas-c919-seat-occupancy-rate-tops-80-cent-8-more-home-grown-passenger-jets-be-delivered-2023 |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 November 2023 |date=25 July 2023 |author=Beata Mo |work=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref><ref name="DimSum16July2023">{{Cite news |date=16 July 2023 |title=China Eastern Airlines receives second domestically produced C919 airliner for commercial operation |work=Dimsum Daily |url=https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/china-eastern-airlines-receives-second-domestically-produced-c919-airliner-for-commercial-operation/ }}</ref><ref name="DeliveryNo3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 January 2024 |title=China Eastern Airlines received 4th C919 jet from Chinese planemaker COMAC |url=https://www.zawya.com/en/world/china-and-asia-pacific/china-eastern-airlines-received-4th-c919-jet-from-chinese-planemaker-comac-kvde7wnu}}</ref><ref name="DeliveryNo5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2024 |title=東航第五架C919大飛機交付入列 (China Eastern's 5th C919 large aircraft delivered and in-service) |url=https://www.wenweipo.com/a/202403/02/AP65e2b686e4b0ad017f0c2d23.html |access-date=2 March 2024 |publisher=wenweipo.com}}</ref><ref name="DeliveryNo6" /> A seventh aircraft was delivered to the company on 29&nbsp;July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=China Eastern Airlines gets 7th C919 aircraft -Xinhua |url=https://english.news.cn/20240729/0e1cb23c20ba47c68e55c5b01616e033/c.html |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=english.news.cn}}</ref> [[Air China]] and [[China Southern Airlines]] both received their first C919 aircraft on 28 August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=国航、南航今同时接收首架中国国产C919 各订100架 {{!}} 联合早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20240828-4563212 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Lianhe Zaobao |language=zh-Hans}}</ref>