Chinese Regional Jets & Airliners

[SexyChineseLady]

Flying the C919 from Chengdu TFU to Shanghai! Great review of TFU and the China Eastern Lounge as well as the aircraft!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

WOW!

https://simpleflying.com/transnusa-praise-comac-arj121-future-c919-operator/

TransNusa Airlines CEO Datuk Bernard Francis has said the COMAC ARJ21 has exceeded expectations in its early days at the Indonesian carrier. TransNusa became the first foreign operator of a COMAC aircraft in April of this year.

TransNusa's ARJ21 impresses
Speaking on a media call on Wednesday, Francis said the China-made regional jet has "outperformed itself" in its first few months of service. Since launching its inaugural ARJ21 flight on April 18th, TransNusa has been operating the COMAC jet at a much higher daily utilization rate than the average airline in China.

The ARJ21 has risen to the test, achieving an on-time performance (OTP) of 90% or above in the past three months. Load factors on the jet have been steadily increasing too, rising from 87% in May to 92% in July, demonstrating customer confidence.

From an operational perspective, TransNusa said the ARJ's advantages over other regional jets include its highly-integrated avionics system and ergonomic, crew-centered design. Despite its lower capacity compared to its Airbus A320 fleet, the airline favors a lower-capacity, higher-frequency model to give its passengers more flight timings throughout the day, adding that it can fill 95 seats at all hours of the day.
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TransNusa received its first ARJ21 in December before the second arrived in June - the airline placed an order for 30 of the jets back in 2021, with all deliveries expected through 2026.



Future C919 operator?
CEO Francis added TransNusa would be open to becoming the first international operator of COMAC's C919, given its satisfaction with the ARJ21. The medium-haul narrowbody completed its first revenue flight with China Eastern Airlines in May, although only two C919s have been put into service, both with China Eastern.

COMAC says it has attracted over 1,200 orders for the aircraft - this includes a recent order from Irish lessor AerCap, suggesting the C919 may attract more attention than first thought from overseas buyers.

Malaysian expansion
TransNusa recently announced the launch of its second international route - Jakarta to Johor Bahru - starting September 9th, which will operate five times weekly before upping to a daily flight in November. The outbound service will depart Jakarta at 12:30 and arrive in Johor Bahru at 15:00, while the return leg will depart at 15:30 and land in Jakarta at 16:20 on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

The ARJ-21 has been a great project prepping COMAC, China and Asia for Asian airliners!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Japanese Aviation Geek travels to China to try out C919!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

ARJ-21 in service to Russia!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

When they come from abroad to fly your airliner

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Flying the ARJ-21 in Indonesia!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Third C919 will be delivered to China Eastern in October!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

The 900th plane delivered to China Southern's Fleet is a ARJ-21!!!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

ARJ-21 is now serving route between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Jakarta, Indonesia!!!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Airbus's FAL in Tianjin, China, has delivered more than 630 A320s!!!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

It is very interesting to see Japanese viewpoint on the C919:

One of the deciding factors on Japan giving up on the Mitsubitshi Space Jet was the extreme difficulties in getting a Western safety certificate. Basically, Japan gave the West power to decide the fate of a critical Japanese project -- and why would the West allow a rival?

 

[SexyChineseLady]

ARJ-21 has 775 outstanding orders on COMAC's books:

 

[rockdog]

ARJ-21 has 775 outstanding orders on COMAC's books:
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Now all the official news only talked about c929 not cr929，means Russia quite the project.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Now all the official news only talked about c929 not cr929，means Russia quite the project.

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That was inevitable with the embargoes. China's aviation still has a working relationship with the West.

But from what I read, Russia is still a supplier. At least the initial prototypes will have a Russian wing.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

ARJ-21 serves on many Chinese airlines!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

New overseas customer for COMAC!

https://simpleflying.com/gallop-air-brunei-comac-arj21-order/

 

[rockdog]

Brunei's Gallop Air places $2 bln order for China-made C919, ARJ21 jets

Brunei's Gallop Air places $2 bln order for China-made C919, ARJ21 jets

GallopAir, a new Brunei-based airline, plans to buy 30 aircraft from Chinese planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), which will include the first overseas purchases of the state-backed firm's narrow-body C919 jet.

www.reuters.com

Comac Sells 30 Airliners To China-Backed Startup In Brunei

Comac Sells 30 Airliners To China-Backed Startup In Brunei | Aviation Week Network

Gallop Air Chairman Yang Qiang has signed a letter of intent with Comac to buy 15 ARJ21s and 15 C919s.

aviationweek.com

 

[SexyChineseLady]

2nd FAL for Airbus Tianjin has broke ground!

While the first FAL has pumped out over 630 airliners:

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Nanchang Air Show, first showing of C929 not CR929: