Samantha Cartaino

Completions specialist Flying Colours Corp. (Booth P121) recently completed the first of eight Bombardier CRJ 200 conversions to be re-delivered to Chinese charter operator Sparkle Roll Jet Co. before the end of this month. The multi-class format received a new supplemental type certification (STC) from the Civil Aviation Administration of China at Flying Colours’ facility in Peterborough, Ontario. This marks the first time that a Chinese-registered CRJ aircraft has been modified and approved outside of China and then returned on the same registry.
Previously laid out in a regional airliner configuration, the interior of the CRJ 200 is now a 29-seat, multiclass, shuttle format. Twenty economy seats can be found in the aft section along with an aft toilet. The middle incorporates four business-class seats in two double-club layouts. The front of the cabin features a double-club business-class seat layout with facing three-seat divan. As for the exterior, the CRJ 200 now sports the purple Sparkle Roll logo against a white background. 
Three more Sparkle Roll aircraft are currently being worked on at the Canadian company’s Peterborough headquarters. While two of these will be reconfigured in the multi-class layout, the remaining five CRJ 200s will be completed in a VIP executive style reflecting the Flying Colours CRJ ExecLiner format. This means they will feature 15 seats, an advanced inflight Venue CMS system from Rockwell Collins and an auxiliary fuel system that Flying Colours developed in-house.
Sparkle Roll said the first CRJ 200 aircraft is to be added to its aircraft operator certificate and become available for charter. Both companies are already in discussions about working on other airframes once the first eight aircraft are completed.

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