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XI'AN - China's first new-generation homegrown short haul passenger aircraft, Xinzhou-600, was delivered Friday to China Civil Aviation College in Guanghan city of Southwest China's Sichuan province.
The turboprop aircraft was an upgraded version of the Xinzhou-60 that can carry 50 to 60 passengers. The Xinzhou-600 had been updated with a more comfortable cabin and better designed body structure, said Jiang Jianjun, general manager of XAIC.
The Xinzhou-600 was designed for a maximum 2,450-kilometers flying distance, and was capable of inter-island flights, Jiang said.
The company so far has received more than 10 orders for the Xinzhou-600, Jiang said, disclosing that two orders had been placed by the Laos government.