Aircraft
Third ARJ21 Operator Prepares for Service with Comac Jet
Low-cost carrier Urumqi Air expects to take delivery of its first Comac jet within six months.
The first of up to 20 Urumqi Air Comac ARJ-21s takes off on a test flight. (Photo: Comac)
The first of up to 20 Urumqi Air Comac ARJ-21s takes off on a test flight. (Photo: Comac)

Chinese low-cost carrier Urumqi Air will take delivery of its first ARJ21-700 in some six months, according to a source working closely with Comac who spoke with AIN on condition of anonymity. Based at Urumqi Diwopu Airport in China’s northwest, the airline will become the third operator of the type, after Chengdu Airlines and newly established Genghis Khan Airlines.