China's first home-grown passenger jet in forty years, the ARJ21-700, made its commercial debut on Tuesday, June 28, with a return flight between Chengdu Shuangliu and Shanghai Hongqiao.
B-3321 (cn 106) is the first of thirty Chengdu Airlines (EU, Chengdu Shuangliu) has on order from COMAC (Shanghai Pudong). The jet, which only recently completed its flight test certification with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), will be followed by a second in August.
Chengdu Airlines will use the twinjet to serve key Chinese cities including but not limited to: Beijing Capital, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi'an Xianyang, Nanjing, and Guiyang.
