Chinese Aviation Industry

Two AG600s in the same frame.

sunnymaxi said:

Second Foreign customer of ARJ-21 after Indonesia ..

Brunei signed a purchase order of over 2 billion US dollars for 30 large Chinese aircraft.

On September 15, at the 20th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, COMAC and Brunei Gallop Air signed the "Letter of Intent to Purchase Chinese made Large Aircrafts and reached a purchase agreement for 30 aircraft. The amount is US$2 billion..

and the news also mentioned that "Gallop Air" Aviation will join hands with COMAC to launch large aircrafts..

View attachment 118985

Click to expand...

fyi, this is more than just ARJ-21. the 30 aircraft includes C919 and also freight, business & medical version of ARJ-21

did a timeline comparison of ARJ-21 and C919. Will be interesting when C919 achieves the last 2 items in there.

Unfortunately, due to COVID & Ukraine war, hard to compare C929 to any of this programs.

I originally looked at this with the goal of showing COMAC improved in its development/engineering capabilities. And how that may help its next project. But unfortunately, 929 just can't be compared apple to apple with 919

A platform for testing ground handling dynamics of large aircraft has been put into service. It's used to simulate and verify the performance of landing gears and brakes during taxiing and takeoff.

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Passengers board a China's domestically developed regional passenger jet ARJ21 at Jiaohe Airport in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Sept. 22, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)

Chengdu Airlines has opened four new routes, covering 11 regional airports since September and will increase its fleet to five by the end of 2023 in Xinjiang.





China's domestically developed regional passenger jet ARJ21 taxies on a runway at Jiaohe Airport in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Sept. 22, 2023. (Photos: China News Service/Sun Zifa)





China's domestically developed regional passenger jet ARJ21 takes off at Jiaohe Airport in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Sept. 22, 2023. (Photos: China News Service/Sun Zifa)

According to AVIC's account, AG600 has successfully completed cabin pressurization fatigue testing, which involved 18,000 cabin pressurization cycles. The aircraft's design life is around 6,000 pressurization cycles.

According to AVIC's account, AG600 has successfully completed cabin pressurization fatigue testing, which involved 18000 cabin pressurization cycles

by78 said:

Avicopter AC352 performing at the Tianjin Helicopter Expo.

Click to expand...

AC352's tail rotor assembly, including tail rotor, drive shafts, and gearbox/coupling.

3 AG600s

Finally! We can see @Deino up close at Beijing Daxing International Airport!

The banner: "Xiamen Airlines Beijing Universal Resort’s Minion Paradise themed painted aircraft successfully made its maiden flight"

Click to expand...

Posted by @FATIII on Weibo.

tphuang said:

fyi, this is more than just ARJ-21. the 30 aircraft includes C919 and also freight, business & medical version of ARJ-21

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Click to expand...

by78 said:

(Continued from above...)

Demonstration flights in Xinjiang have been completed successfully, verifying C919's compatibility with Xinjiang's terrain and climate.

Click to expand...

Related to the above, here's the full story (roughly translated):

On September 26, 2023, seven ARJ21 and two C919 aircraft of COMAC gathered at Xinjiang Urumqi Diwuobao International Airport, lining up for a static display. It is noteworthy that the seven ARJ21 aircraft contain business, medical, cargo and emergency rescue command aircraft, which is the first time that the four derivative models of ARJ21 aircraft have appeared on the same stage, marking that this aircraft is steadily advancing on the path of scale serialization development.

Click to expand...

At the beginning of June this year, the first user of ARJ21 aircraft Chengdu Airlines opened the domestic commercial aircraft Xinjiang operation, opened the Alar to Shihezi (stopping at Yining), Korla, Hotan and other routes. from September 15, Chengdu Airlines set up a hub in Turfan Jiaohua Airport, to ARJ21 aircraft flying Turfan to Korla, Alar, Hotan, Ruoqiang, Zhaosu, Aksu, as well as Hotan to Shachette, Ruoqiang to Hotan, Zhaosu to Karamay, and Aksu to Zhaosu. It is expected that by the end of this year, Chengdu Airlines' fleet of ARJ21 aircraft in Xinjiang will reach five, further increasing the capacity of regional routes within Xinjiang.

Click to expand...

A few more photos. Posted by @FATIII on Weibo.




The row of parked C919s and ARJ21s (including a business jet variant and an air ambulance variant) is truly an awesome sight to behold...