The Indonesian low-cost airline TransNusa has become the first foreign company to acquire the first passenger plane developed by China for short distances, the Yicai portal reports on Monday.
The ARJ21 has 95 seats in economy class and a range of 2,225 to 3,700 kilometers on a full charge.
Since the plane was sold in 2016, nearly a hundred devices have been delivered to Chinese airlines, used to connect more than 300 routes and carry around 5.6 million passengers.
The creator of the aircraft, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), also developed the C919, which should begin operating in April next year and with which the company intends to compete directly with the North American Boeing 737 and the European Airbus. A320. .
Source: TSF
