Ahead of this year’s Asian Business Aviation Conference, ABACE 2016, Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO, completion and refurbishment specialist, has announced that the first of eight CRJ 200 conversions will be re-delivered to joint venture partner Sparkle Roll Jet Co Ltd. (SRJ) before the end of April.
The multi-class format required a new STC for China which the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) certified at Flying Colours’ Peterborough facility. This is the first time that a B registered CRJ aircraft has been reconfigured outside of China, and then returned on the same registry with the approvals taking place outside of China.
The interior has been reconfigured from a regional aircraft layout to a 29-seat, multi-class shuttle format. The aft section features 20 economy seats with an aft toilet, the middle incorporates four business class seats in twin double club layout in the middle section, and the front cabin featuring a double club business class seat with facing three seat divan. In addition a small forward galley incorporating ovens and coffee makers, has been completely refurbished and modified.
The new interior design incorporates customised black wood grain laminate, black leather seats throughout, a grey bespoke pattern carpet, and rose gold plating on buckles, lights and inlays.
The next two aircraft will also be configured in multi-class configuration. The remaining five CRJ 200s will be configured in VIP executive format reflecting the Flying Colours CRJ ExecLiner format featuring 15 seats, an advanced inflight CMS system via Rockwell Collins Venue entertainment system, and a supplemental fuel auxiliary system, as engineered by Flying Colours specifically for CRJ conversions.
Flying Colours is already in discussions with Sparkle Roll about working on other airframes once the first eight aircraft are completed.
Sparkle Roll Group is a diversified retailer of luxury products and services in the PRC, Hong Kong, Macau and Malaysia. It is also one of China’s largest CCAR Part 135/91 operators, managing a range of large-cabin and mid-size business aircraft. In April 2015 Sparkle Roll was appointed exclusive representative for the sale of the proposed Aerion AS2 supersonic business in jet in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
