{"id":135004,"date":"2022-12-19T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=135004"},"modified":"2022-12-21T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T11:47:20","slug":"transnusa-first-airline-outside-china-to-receive-the-arj21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/12\/transnusa-first-airline-outside-china-to-receive-the-arj21.html","title":{"rendered":"TransNusa, first airline outside China to receive the ARJ21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indonesian low-cost airline <strong>TransNusa<\/strong> became the first foreign carrier to take delivery of the Chinese-developed regional airliner, the <strong>COMAC ARJ21<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft is configured to carry 95 passengers in a single class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline has 30 COMAC ARJ21-700 aircraft on order as part of a plan to expand its fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/12\/airbus-made-a-flight-of-more-than-13-hours-with-the-a321xlr.html\">Airbus made a flight of more than 13 hours with the A321XLR<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TransNusa&#8217;s interest in the ARJ21 can be partly explained by its ownership structure. China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (CALC) owns a 49% stake in the airline and is a subsidiary of state-owned China Everbright Group, which has a long-term customer relationship with state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). CALC deepened that relationship in 2018 when it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the aircraft manufacturer to increase sales and operation of Chinese-made aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COMAC also developed the C919, which is expected to begin operations in April 2023 with China Eastern Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-80c2e272     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"206\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/virgin-australia-expects-first-boeing-737-10-delivery-by-late-2027.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener 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