OTT Airlines launches operations

On 28 December, OTT Airlines officially launched operations, just three days after it received its AOC. The airline has been established by China Eastern to operate its Chinese-manufactured aircraft and is based at Shanghai-Hongqiao. It will, however, also carry out flights out of Shanghai-Pudong.

OTT Airlines will fly with six ARJ21s in 2021, with two more to be added in 2022. By 2025, all 35 ARJ21s are planned to be delivered. The airline also expects to take delivery of up to twenty C919s. The delivery schedule for these is currently unknown.

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