On december 20th, a man dressed up in indonesian airlinesArj21It took off from shanghai putu international airport, flying for four hours and 26 minutes without incident. This was the first time that a domestic airliner had completed a test flight in its capacity as overseas division, and the year of the overseas operation of arj21 was officially opened, behind a long-term configuration of a chinese aircraft charter company。
It's a very unusual plane
This is arj21 with temporary registration number b-099y, which is painted outside with the latest designs of transnusaia air indonesia. All previous deliveries of arj21 were made to domestic airlines, and national, east, south and chengdu airlines were operating. This time, however, the aircraft had not officially been delivered and had been placed in the overseas division's coat, completing a four-hour, 26-minute flight test mission from pudong, the signal was much more significant than the flight itself。
Arj21 is china's first medium- and short-range vortex feeder with autonomous intellectual property rights, developed on its own and in accordance with international civil aviation regulations, with seats of 78 to 90 seats and a range of 2225 to 3,700 kilometres, with major run-centre cities irradiating the surrounding small and medium-sized cities. The aircraft was able to fly for more than four consecutive hours, indicating that performance indicators had been met, and providing a solid basis for the subsequent official delivery and commercialization of air zhua。
Abacus of acquisition for chinese leasing
The source of the overseas order dates back to early january this year. Under the banner of the guang dynasty group (01848. Hk) 60 arj21 purchase agreements were signed with chinese merchants, of which 30 were confirmation orders, 30 were interest orders and were scheduled to be delivered in phases by 2026. In march 2020, chinese leasing, which had cost $28 million in cash, acquired 35. 68 per cent of the shares of air quinoa and became its de facto controlling party。
The medium-fly leasing method is straightforward: it pays for the aircraft and arranges for the operation of the overseas division. Suya airlines, which had previously flown on turbines such as the atr, is now replacing the national vortex feeder, which is, for the division, a small fleet change. The medium-fly lease option of deep-separation dia instead of simple leasing amounts to the creation of an overseas operating test field for arj21, leaving the risk of new machine milling in its own system。
The new type of aircraft can't get out of the sea
Any new type of aircraft has just come into commercial operation, with a period of reliability growth. The high failure rate, the lack of maturity in the spare parts supply chain and the lack of experience in maintenance contribute directly to the day-to-day operating security costs of the division. The new type of boeing and airbus cannot escape this phase. The greatest fear of airlines is the uncertainty posed by new manufacturers, which is an important reason why arj21 has been confined to the domestic market since its inception on 28 june 2016。
The country's first operator, chengdu airlines, whose major shareholder is the manufacturer, china, flies, which is equivalent to making himself the first user. However, overseas luna airlines does not have such a link and must rely on solid flight data to build confidence. The chinese-fly lease chooses to acquire the jaia instead of the simple lease, so as to be deeply involved in the day-to-day operation, so as to solve the problems that the new model is exposed at the milling stage in its own hands and not to spill risks to third parties。
What are the preparations for the uta
After the chinese leasing and acquisition of the luna airlines, a large amount of the pavement was made at the operational level. Improving corporate governance structures, cleaning up historical tax and contractual issues, restructuring a professional management and operations team with an internationalized vision, launching a comprehensive strategic transformation of low-cost operations, updating the old fleet and improving the security performance management system. These basic tasks have been completed so that jaia can catch arj21 for daily commercial flights。
The central scene is the flow of passengers between small and medium-sized cities, both within the main airway and in south-east asia. Arj21's flight and seating configuration match these needs. The shift from a vortex to a vortex feeder, faster cruises, lower cabin noises, significantly improved passenger travel experience, and greater competitiveness of ticket prices is the commercial logic that both parties can run, as well as the central incentive for jaia to change。
100,000 hours of flight data is hard air
As of this year, arj21 had a cumulative commercial flight time of more than 100,000 hours in its fleet of national, east, south, chengdu, tianjin, jiangxi and wahxia. The fact that this figure is in the area of feeder machines is not insignificant, suggesting that the safety and reliability of the aircraft have passed the validation period. In its assessment of a completely new aircraft type, the overseas division valued this solid flight record and malfunction data。
The mass failure data, maintenance records and operating experience were deposited behind 100,000 hours. Chinese commercial flights can systematically package these data to kia airlines and even to the indonesian civil aviation authority as supporting material for airworthiness clearance. Overseas regulators see tens of thousands of hours of business records, and the threshold for approval is significantly lowered, which is the strongest base for arj21 to reach overseas markets。
The passenger plane is on the third line
This year, china's merchants, united one, two, three, and so on, unveiled the first cbj, which was the first time that an arj21 version of the official national product appeared in public view. Currently, cbj has completed its seaworthiness evidence and can be formally commissioned. Following this, retrofitting was initiated for the freighter arj21 project, which is expected to be certified for commercial operation in the next year。
Henan has purchased 50 cargo type arj21s from chinese merchants, 25 of which are confirmation orders and will be the initial user of the model. The three product lines of passenger, official and cargo aircraft are synchronized and arj21 is expanding from a single model to a full series. In the future, if cargo and official aircraft open up overseas markets, the 60 orders in the hands of the chinese airliner are far from ceiling。
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