List of Comac C909 operators
The following is a list of operators of the Comac C909.
There are 176 Comac C909 aircraft in active service as of May 2025.
| Legend | Notes |
|---|---|
| * | Current |
| * | Former |
| * | Orders |
| Airline | Country | Photo | -700 | -700F | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Cambodia | 10 | [1] | ||||
| Air Central | 1 | Executing order for 50 aircraft | [2] | |||
| Air China | 35 | [3] | ||||
| Chengdu Airlines | 30 | Passenger launch customer
Executing order for 30 aircraft |
[4] | |||
| China Eastern Airlines | 28 | Executing order for 35 aircraft
Transferred from OTT Airlines |
[3] | |||
| China Express Airlines | 13 | Executing order for 50 aircraft | [5] | |||
| China Flight General Aviation Company | 2 | |||||
| China Flying Dragon Aviation | 1 | Medical Service Jet variant launch operator | [6] | |||
| China Southern Airlines | 35 | Executing order for 35 aircraft | [3] | |||
| Colorful Guizhou Airlines | 20 | [7] | ||||
| Equatorial Congo Airlines | 3 | [8] | ||||
| GallopAir | 12 | 3 | [9] | |||
| Genghis Khan Airlines | 7 | [10] | ||||
| Hainan Airlines | 40 | [7] | ||||
| Jiangxi Air | 5 | Executing order for 35 aircraft | [11] | |||
| Lao Airlines | 2 | Received second aircraft in September 2025
Second international operator |
[12][13] | |||
| Lao Skyway | 1 | |||||
| OTT Airlines | 24 | Integrated into China Eastern Airlines in 2024 | [3] | |||
| Republic of Congo | 4 | [14] | ||||
| Shandong Airlines | 10 | [15] | ||||
| Shanghai Airlines | 5 | [15] | ||||
| Tibet Airlines | 10 | [16] | ||||
| TransNusa | 5 | Executing order for 30 aircraft
First international operator |
[17] | |||
| Urumqi Air | 40 | [18] | ||||
| VietJet Air | 2 | Leased from Chengdu Airlines.
Lease Ended in October 2025. |
[19][20] | |||
| YTO Cargo Airlines | 1 | Freighter launch customer | [21] |
References
- ^ Waldron, Greg (11 September 2025). "Air Cambodia orders 10 Comac C909s as first medical variant enters service in China". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ 网易 (4 October 2022). "ARJ21货机首飞,配备大侧舱门,C919也应尽早发展客改货". www.163.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d "China's top airlines to buy ARJ21 jets from COMAC". reuters.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "China's COMAC delivers first ARJ21 jet plane to domestic airline". Reuters. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Nadalet, Ivam (12 November 2020). "China Express Airlines takes first ARJ21". ch-aviation. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ Orban, André (11 September 2025). "China Flying Dragon General Aviation takes delivery of first COMAC C909 medical rescue aircraft". Aviation24.be. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Zhuhai air show opens with orders for COMAC and a glimpse of a future spaceplane". Reuters. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Meier, Ricardo (24 May 2024). "African airline says it will operate Chinese ARJ21 jets". Air Data News. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ Wong, Aaron (3 November 2023). "Behind GallopAir's ambitious bid to position Brunei as a regional travel hub". Biz Brunei. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Nadalet, Ivan (29 July 2019). "China's Genghis Khan Airlines commences operations". ch-aviation. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ "China's COMAC delivers first ARJ21 jet plane to domestic airline". ch-aviation. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "C909 aircraft completes inaugural flight in Laos". comac.cc.
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ "The Republic of Congo announces to order three ARJ21-700 aircraft". comac.cc. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ a b "Three carriers place ARJ21 orders". Flight International. Flightglobal. 2003-09-23. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 2006-07-03.
- ^ Goh, Brenda (20 February 2024). "Tibet Airlines finalises orders for 40 C919, 10 ARJ21 jets from China's COMAC". Reuters. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ "TransNusa operasikan pesawat COMAC ARJ21-700 pertama di Indonesia". 19 April 2023.
- ^ Charpentreau, Clement (12 November 2025). "Hainan Airlines to acquire 40 newly-rebranded COMAC C909 aircraft". AeroTime. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ Nguyen, Phuong (October 20, 2025). "Vietnam's budget carrier Vietjet ends operations of Chinese-made COMAC aircraft, sources say". Reuters. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ Bailey, Joanna (2025-10-20). "VietJet gives up on COMAC C909 after just 6 months". AGN. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ Garbuno, Daniel Martinez (13 June 2024). "China's YTO Cargo Airlines inducts first ARJ21F into service". ch-aviation. Retrieved 15 September 2025.