One, Two and Three Airlines officially opened and the first ARJ21 aircraft flew to Beijing

The newly created One Two Three Airlines Co., Ltd. of China Eastern Airlines has taken a historic step towards market-oriented operation of domestically produced aircraft. The first ARJ21 aircraft introduced by China Eastern carried out flight MU5159 on the 28th, opening its first flight with a passenger load factor of more than 90%. . The plane took off from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport at 2:33 PM and flew to Beijing Capital Airport.

The ARJ21 aircraft is China’s first self-developed new turbofan feeder aircraft with independent intellectual property rights. Since he joined the “big family” of the Eastern Airlines fleet on June 28 this year, he has attracted the attention of all parties. Before taking off at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, many lucky passengers on the inaugural flight were exposed to domestic planes for the first time, showed more surprises and took selfies with the plane in the background.

Xiong, a passenger on the inaugural flight, said he paid special attention to domestically-made aircraft. He saw that 123 Airlines ‘ARJ21 plane recently implemented China Eastern Airlines’ “Beijing-Shanghai line” and bought a return flight of the same type to continue “chasing stars.” Zhang Daqi, the captain responsible for the inaugural flight mission, is the “Five Star Captain of the East”, he has flown 6 types of aircraft and has a safe flight time of more than 18,300 hours. When the C919 made its maiden flight in May 2017, he was driving a business jet to accompany the C919.

123 Aviation’s ARJ21 aircraft adopts a 90-seat full economy class layout, with a total of 18 rows of seats with a “two left, three right” seating layout. The seats are made with the latest domestic ultra-slim seats. The appearance is simple, the ride is comfortable, and the distance is The step and width are equivalent to the configuration level of China Eastern Airlines existing single-aisle passenger aircraft. At the same time, USB power outlets are provided for each passenger, and the interior styling of the cabin is consistent with China Eastern Airlines configuration standards. To operate domestically produced aircraft with high quality, China Eastern will use the strength of the entire company, combining it with the characteristics of domestically manufactured aircraft, and will develop completely new practices from multiple dimensions, such as personnel training, warranty procedures, agreements operation, brand development and marketing promotion. On December 25, One, Two and Three Airlines successfully obtained the CCAR-121 operation certificate from China Civil Aviation (“Large Aircraft Public Air Transport Carrier Operation Certification Rules”), and also has CCAR-135 (“Small Aircraft Commercial Transport Operation”). “Human Operation Qualification Certification Rules”) has become one of the few civil aviation and commercial aviation airlines in China that “flies both wings”.

During the winter and spring seasons from the end of this year to the end of March 2021, including the upcoming Spring Festival, One Two Three Airlines will successively implement “Hongqiao-Capital”, “Pudong-Daxing”, “Pudong-Nanchang”, “Pudong-Hefei” “,” Pudong-Wenzhou “and other flights. At the time of the trip, 123 Aviation already had a team of operators of the ARJ21 model that included 15 pilots, 28 flight attendants, 9 security officers, 2 dispatchers, more than 30 maintenance engineers and performance engineers. According to the plan, 123 Airlines will gradually receive 3 ARJ21-700 at the beginning of the flight, and will continue to receive 6 ARJ21-700 in 2021 and 8 in 2022. By 2025, the size of the fleet of this aircraft will reach 35..

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Ting