A ceremony was held on Friday to celebrate the delivery of the 2,000th aircraft leased by the Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone (DFTP) in the northern Chinese municipality of Tianjin.
The 2,000th leased plane is an ARJ21 passenger aircraft developed by the state-owned plane-maker Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC).
After delivery, Hohhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will be the aircraft's main operating base.
DFTP launched the aviation leasing business in 2009. It now has developed into the world's second-largest aviation leasing hub, after Ireland, in terms of the overall asset volume.
The ARJ21 jetliner is leased by the Agricultural Bank of China Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. and will be delivered to Air China for use.
A total of 2,000 aircraft delivered in Dongjiang covers more than 70 types of aircraft including passenger aircraft, cargo aircraft and general-utility helicopters, with a total asset value of 600 billion yuan (about 89 billion U.S. dollars), serving more than 40 domestic and foreign airlines.
