The ARJ21, China’s first commericial regional aircraft, is parked at the Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Nov. 29, 2015. The ARJ21-700 will be flown between a number of major cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu.
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The ARJ21 is China’s first regional jet made in line with worldwide standards.
The ARJ21, China’s first locally built regional jet, is created to compete against Embraer and Bombardier.
“The carrier, which is now operating 20 aircraft in the Airbus 320 family on over 50 domestic routes, plans to receive another four ARJ21-700s in the next year”, Zhuang said.
Flightglobal’s Fleets Analyzer shows that Comac garnered has 162 orders for the aircraft, mostly from Chinese carriers and leasing companies. Following its maiden flight in 2008, it was put through six years of grueling tests before being awarded airworthiness certificates from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and U.S. Federal Aviation Agency.
It is also the first product of COMAC, which also makes a large passenger aircraft, the C919.
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Zhuang said Chengdu Airlines also has ambitions to serve the worldwide market, especially Southeast Asian destinations, although it will focus first on the domestic market.
