It might be the beginnings of a giant of commercial aviation. The ARJ21 regional jet is shaping up as China's equivalent of the Airbus A300—a project that in its time seemed merely interesting but later was recognized as the origin of a product range that would challenge the established order of civil aircraft makers.rnThe significance of the project isn't in the sales potential of the initial version, the ARJ21-700, which is very much a niche aircraft designed for hot and high airports. Even the market potential of the more widely saleable ARJ21-900, the planned stretched version, isn't really the key point about this project.
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