China's first domestically made regional passenger jet, the ARJ21-700, will make its maiden commercial flight from southwest China to Shanghai in February.

Chengdu Airlines’ ARJ21-700 will take off from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Sichuan Province for Hongqiao International Airport on February 28, with a stop in Changsha in Hunan Province, the budget airline said yesterday.

The airline, however, has not started selling tickets for the maiden flight.

It will operate the jet between Chengdu and Beijing soon.

The airline has ordered 30 of the twin-engine, 90-seat ARJ21 jets and plans to fly them on regional routes between Chengdu and Shenzhen in Guangdong Province, Nanjing in Jiangsu Province as well as other central and western Chinese cities.

It will take delivery of four more jets by year end.

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