{"id":135538,"date":"2023-01-10T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=135538"},"modified":"2023-01-11T22:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:07:44","slug":"comac-advances-in-its-arj21-freighter-conversion-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/01\/comac-advances-in-its-arj21-freighter-conversion-program.html","title":{"rendered":"COMAC advances in its ARJ21 freighter conversion program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC)<\/strong> has received the green light from the regulatory body to launch its ARJ21 regional aircraft passenger-to-freighter conversion program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) validated on January 6, 2023 the conversion program submitted by the local aircraft manufacturer, which completed the first ARJ21-700F after launching the program in May 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/12\/boeing-resumed-flight-testing-of-the-777-9.html\">Boeing resumed flight testing of the 777-9<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Test flights have already started with the aircraft, registered as B-3329 (built in 2018 and initially delivered to Chengdu Airlines).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COMAC must now obtain the airworthiness certificate for the aircraft before it enters service with YTO Cargo Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ARJ21-700F will be capable of carrying up to 10 tons of cargo.<\/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-d190cda2     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=\"199\" 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 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