China Southern Airlines flight CZ3892 from Guangzhou to Jieyang on November 24th of 2023 rang in the 10 millionth passenger carried so far by China’s ARJ21 aircraft.
The ARJ21 aircraft is the first turbofan regional jet independently developed by China. Since the first ARJ21 aircraft was officially put into commercial operation in June 2016, a total of 117 aircraft have been delivered to customers Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Genghis Khan Airlines, Jiangxi Air, China Express Airlines and TransNusa. The aircraft has successfully served more than 400 routes in more than 140 cities at home and abroad. The airplane has also operated nearly 1,800 flights per week covering regions such as North China, Northeast China, East China, Southwest China, Northwest China and Central-South China, and launched overseas operations to Indonesia.
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) has focused on the core competences of customer training, spare parts, engineering, maintenance, technical publications, flight operations, and market and commercial support. This has allowed it to establish an operation support system to ensure the large-scale development of ARJ21 aircraft.
