Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport opens the first domestic civil airliner, increasing the size of Shantou Airlines fleet to 17.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues about the past. CTOnews.com March 27 news, "Jieyang release" official account issued an article, CAAC from March 26 to implement the 2023 summer and autumn flight plan, Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport launched the first domestic civil airliner to open up new routes. The ARJ21 aircraft is a new type of turbofan regional plane developed by China and with independent intellectual property rights, with a 90-seat economy class layout of "left two, right three".

CTOnews.com learned from the article that in the flight plan for the summer and autumn flight season in 2023, the ARJ21 aircraft managed by Shantou Airlines carried out routes from Jieyang to Zhuhai, Zunyi, Guilin, Zhoushan, Taizhou, Quzhou and Zhanjiang, increasing the number of destinations to 20, among which Zunyi, Zhoushan, Taizhou and Quzhou were all new destinations opened up and flown directly by ARJ21 aircraft. At this point, the size of Shantou Airlines fleet has increased to 17 on the basis of 16 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, opening the dual-aircraft management operation mode.