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China’s C919 jet conducts high-temperature test flights in Xinjiang

A C919 large passenger aircraft lands at the Turpan Jiaohe Airport in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 28, 2020 (Xinhua/Liu Jian)
A C919 large passenger aircraft lands at the Turpan Jiaohe Airport in Turpan, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 28, 2020 (Xinhua/Liu Jian)

Xinhua | 29-Jun-2020

A C919 large passenger aircraft lands at the Turpan Jiaohe Airport in Turpan, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 28, 2020. China’s indigenously-developed C919 large passenger aircraft has started high-temperature test flights in Turpan, a city known as the land of fire in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Continue reading “China’s C919 jet conducts high-temperature test flights in Xinjiang”

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Airlines give boost to homegrown regional jet – China

An ARJ21 regional jetliner is delivered to Air China in Shanghai on Sunday, when three major Chinese airlines took delivery of the domestically made aircraft [China News Service]
An ARJ21 regional jetliner is delivered to Air China in Shanghai on Sunday, when three major Chinese airlines took delivery of the domestically made aircraft [China News Service]
China Daily | 29-Jun-2020 | By WANG YING in Shanghai

China’s top three airlines received their first homegrown ARJ21 airplanes in Shanghai on Sunday from Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), paving the way for the aircraft to join the fleets of the world’s mainstream airlines. Continue reading “Airlines give boost to homegrown regional jet – China”