China Express Airline’s first COMAC ARJ21-700 was pictured on November 10 at Chongqing’s Jiangbei Airport on the same day it was delivered to the carrier. The 90-seat jet, B-650P (c/n 141), was built at COMAC’s Shanghai/Pudong facility and is equipped with General Electric CF34 powerplants. The maiden example is scheduled to be joined by a further 49 ARJ21s over the next five years after the airline firmed an order with COMAC in October. In the same deal, it agreed to take another 50 indigenous-built airframes of either more ARJ21s or the C919, although a decision has yet to be made.
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