In pictures: China’s Comac ready to deliver first homegrown regional jet

Technicians inspect an ARJ21-700 aircraft at the Comac factory in Shanghai. China launched the ARJ21 project in 2002 in an attempt to break into the Western-dominated aircraft market. Carlos Barria / Reuters

Inside an ARJ21-700 aircraft at the Comac factory in Shanghai. The ARJ21-700 can seat 78 to 90 passengers depending on its configuration with a range of between 2,225 to 3,700 kilometres. Carlos Barria / Reuters

A technician inspects an ARJ21-700 aircraft at the Comac factory in Shanghai. China launched the ARJ21 project in 2002 in an attempt to break into the Western-dominated aircraft market and is targeting the domestic market and flights to Southeast Asia. Carlos Barria / Reuters

Technicians work on their computers at the Comac factory in Shanghai. China launched the ARJ21 project in 2002 in an attempt to break into the Western-dominated aircraft market. Carlos Barria / Reuters

An ARJ21-700 aircraft model at the Comac factory in Shanghai. The company said it has 252 orders for China's first homegrown regional airliner. Carlos Barria / Reuters

Technicians inspect an ARJ21-700 aircraft at the Comac factory in Shanghai. China launched the ARJ21 project in 2002 in an attempt to break into the Western-dominated aircraft market. Carlos Barria / Reuters

A technician inspects an ARJ21-700 aircraft at the Comac factory in Shanghai. China launched the ARJ21 project in 2002 in an attempt to break into the Western-dominated aircraft market and is targeting the domestic market and flights to Southeast Asia. Carlos Barria / Reuters

Inside an ARJ21-700 aircraft at the Comac factory in Shanghai. The ARJ21-700 can seat 78 to 90 passengers depending on its configuration with a range of between 2,225 to 3,700 kilometres. Carlos Barria / Reuters

A technician inspects an ARJ21-700 aircraft at the Comac factory in Shanghai. China launched the ARJ21 project in 2002 in an attempt to break into the Western-dominated aircraft market and is targeting the domestic market and flights to Southeast Asia. Carlos Barria / Reuters

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China is ready to deliver the first two of the ARJ21-700 jets it has completed for Chengdu Airlines, with the certification process for China’s first homegrown regional airliner coming to an end.