AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., the maker of the Modern Ark 60 (MA60) passenger plane, confirmed May 24 that it had signed a contract to sell four MA60s to a Peruvian airline express company.

The MA60, which was introduced in 2000, is China's only domestically developed regional passenger aircraft in service.

MA60 aircraft have been delivered to 14 countries in Asia, Africa and South America and are in use on more than 100 routes, according to company statistics.