On December 22th, an AVIC Y12E aircraft took off from Harbin Pingfang Airport, making the first flight from the new general aviation airport.

The Harbin-to-Yichun flight from this airport will shorten the traffic time from 8 hours by train to less than 1.5.

Y12E is a light multi-role general aircraft certified by more than 10 countries’ authorities including the US, UK, France, and Russia.

The airport is owned by AVIC Harbin and operated by China Flying Dargon, a general aviation operation expert under AVIC.