It is planned to extend the runway another 400 meters to allow jetliners such as the Airbus A320 and Bombardier CRJ to operate flights directly from the capital Jakarta.
The Global Express shares the Canadair / Bombardier Regional Jet's fuselage cross section and is similar in length, but despite the size similarities the two aircraft are very different due to the nature of their roles.
This family of aircraft was designed to compete with the Bombardier CRJ and Embraer ERJ/Embraer E-Jets families.
With more than 5,600 engines in service (as of 2012), the CF34 is used on a number of jet airliners, including the Bombardier CRJ series, the Embraer E-Jets, and the Chinese ARJ21 under development.
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On 14 February 2008, Belavia Flight 1834, a Bombardier CRJ-100ER en route from Yerevan, Armenia, to Minsk hit its left wing on the runway during takeoff from Zvartnots International Airport, subsequently crashing on the ground, flipping over and coming to a stop inverted near the runway.