On board of Flight CZ3892 of China Southern Airlines from Guangzhou to Jieyang, ARJ21 aircraft ushered in the 10 millionth passenger on November 24th, 2023, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC), has said. So far, ARJ21 aircraft have carried more than 10 million passengers.
ARJ21 aircraft is the first turbofan regional jet independently developed by China. Since ARJ21 aircraft was officially put into commercial operation in June 2016, a total of 117 aircraft have been delivered to the customers such as Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Genghis Khan Airlines, Jiangxi Air, China Express Airlines and TransNusa.
The aircraft have successively served in more than 400 routes in more than 140 cities at home and abroad, operated nearly 1,800 flights per week, basically forming an airline network covering the regions such as North China, Northeast China, East China, Southwest China, Northwest China and Central-South China, and launched overseas operations in Indonesia.
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) has always adhered to the principle of being customer centered to provide customized services for customers, gained the customer service core competences of customer training, material support, engineering and maintenance support, technical publication service, flight operation support, and market and commercial support, and established an operation support system to ensure the large-scale development of ARJ21 aircraft.
Against the background of the service mode of “An Interconnected Network of Trunk, Regional, and General Aviation” enforced by Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), all airlines have explored the operation modes of combining trunk lines with regional lines and combining regional lines with regional lines in accordance with their own characteristics, therefore, there is a large market development space for ARJ21 aircraft. COMAC will continue to work hand in hand with customers to deepen domestic aviation markets, expand overseas markets, promote the large-scale operation of China-made commercial aircraft, boost the high-quality development of civil aviation, and make positive contributions to continuously meeting air passengers’ travel demands for popularization and convenience.
