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Comac ARJ-21 enters commercial service

China's Chengdu Airlines, the launch customer of the first Chinese regional jet ARJ21-700 held ceremonies in both Chengdu and Shanghai ...

China's Chengdu Airlines, the launch customer of the first Chinese regional jet ARJ21-700 held ceremonies in both Chengdu and Shanghai to celebrate its first commercial flight of the new aircraft.

ARJ21-700 is the first indigenous Chinese regional jet developed and manufactured by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC).

COMAC launched the ARJ21 program in 2002, and GE's CF34-10A engine was selected as the powerplant in the same year. The aircraft received Type Certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in late 2014.

The advanced technology of the CF34-10A engine, part of GE's CF34 family, is ideally suited to the design requirement of the ARJ21 aircraft and meets the demanding conditions of China's diverse environment, specifically the hot temperature and high altitude conditions experienced on many routes in Western China.

The engine will provide the thrust capability to meet aircraft performance requirements and also offer customers low-cost operations with a highly reliable, easily maintainable propulsion system.

Based on the CF34-10E engine, the key CF34-10A design features include: a wide-chord fan for higher thrust and high tolerance to foreign object damage; 3-D aerodynamic design airfoils in the high-pressure compressor for highly efficient, stall-free operation, as well as better fuel burn and higher exhaust gas temperature margins; a highly durable single annular, low-emissions combustor that meets or surpasses the most stringent emissions standards; and a single-stage high-pressure turbine for lower operating cost.

Headquartered in Chengdu, Chengdu Airlines is operating both passenger and freighter business on more than 50 routes in China, with a fleet of 20 Airbus A320 and an ARJ21-700 aircraft.