Variant
C909
C909 is the representative branch of the COMAC C909 family, capturing the renamed current-service branch formerly marketed as the ARJ21.
Range 2,000 nm · Entry 2016
COMACRegional jetIn service
COMAC C909 family
The C909 story, from first flight to lasting reputation
China’s first modern indigenous regional jet family to enter sustained passenger service.
COMAC C909 family is a in service regional jet by COMAC, first flown in 2008 and introduced in 2016. This canonical Airchive page keeps the family history, specs, variants, operators, and related archive discussion at a single permanent URL.
First flight
2008
Service entry
2016
Seating band
78 to 97
COMAC C909 family is a in service regional jet by COMAC, first flown in 2008 and introduced in 2016, with typical seating for 78 to 97 and range up to 2,000 nautical miles.
Regional coverage here treats route economics, cabin feel, airport practicality, and airline deployment as equally important parts of the aircraft’s identity.
Range band
2,000 nm
Notable operators
Chengdu Airlines · Air China · China Eastern
Source stack
- Official manufacturer program pages
- type certificate and airport planning data
- operator configuration and fleet references
Variants
Representative variants
Specifications
Current public facts
- Manufacturer
- COMAC
- Program history
- Class
- Regional jet
- Airchive taxonomy
- First flight
- 2008-11-28
- Program history
- Service entry
- 2016-06-28
- Operator records
- Current status
- In service
- Fleet reality
- Typical seating
- 78 to 97
- Operator and cabin references
- Range band
- Up to 2,000 nm
- Program literature
- Cruise speed
- 447 kt
- Planning data
Archive moments
Human context
The C909 matters because it marks a shift from occasional national projects to a genuinely maintained in-service Chinese passenger-jet program.
These aircraft earn archive space when frequency, network fit, and cabin feel define how people actually remember regional flying.
Timeline
Program milestones
- 2008
First flight
The C909 begins flight testing and establishes the public shape of the family.
- 2016
Service entry
The family enters passenger or executive service and begins building its operating footprint.
- Today
Current role
The family remains active in service and still shapes fleet, mission, or archive discussions.
Related news
Editorial context
No editorial dispatches are attached to this family yet. The aircraft record is live, and newsroom or archive coverage can be layered onto it later without changing the URL.
Forum threads
Community memory
Live forumC909
C909 lounge: operators, cabins, routes, and memories
Use this as the standing thread for COMAC C909 family operator history, route logic, cabin details, and first-hand memory.
Live forumC909
C909 current fleet watch
Ongoing sightings, deployment shifts, new operators, route changes, and cabin updates for the COMAC C909 family.