The ARJ21, China's first commercial regional aircraft, is parked at the Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 29, 2015.
China's first commercial regional aircraft, the ARJ21, was delivered on Sunday.
The plane is China's first regional jet to be manufactured according to international standards. Following its maiden flight in 2008, it was put through six years of grueling tests before being awarded airworthiness certificates from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and U.S. Federal Aviation Agency.