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.