The media reported about the first international flight of Chinese ARJ21

Created on 29.10.2019 16:04

The Chinese civilian aircraft ARJ21 has completed its first direct international flight, landing in Vladivostok. On October 26, the People’s Daily, Chinese newspaper, reported on its Twitter page.

On Saturday, at 16:05 local time (11:05 Moscow time), the aircraft took off from the Taiping airport, Harbin city and at 17:06 (12:06 Moscow time) landed at the destination airport.The ARJ21 aircraft was developed by Chinese Commercial Aviation Corporation and is designed to carry up to 90 passengers, depending on modification. In June 2016, the aircraft has begun its first commercial flights, and was launched into mass production in September 2017.

In addition, China has announced the delivery of the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the AG600 Jilong, which can be used for the marine environment and cargo transportation monitoring. For this purpose, by 2021, the aircraft should receive a certificate of airworthiness from the civil aviation authorities.

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