Comac C909
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aircraft manufactured by Comac
Key facts
- Other name
- ARJ21 Xiangfeng
- Type
- Narrow-body jet airliner
- National origin
- China
- Manufacturer
- Comac
- Designer
- ACAC consortium Antonov
- Status
- In production, in service
- Primary users
- Chengdu Airlines Air China China Southern Airlines China Eastern Airlines
- Number built
- 210 (as of March 2026)
- Manufactured
- 2007–present
- Introduction date
- 28 June 2016 with Chengdu Airlines
- First flight
- 28 November 2008 ; 17 years ago ( 2008-11-28 )
- In service
- 2016-present
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Comac C909, originally known as the ARJ21 Xiangfeng (Chinese: 翔凤; pinyin: xiángfèng; lit. 'Soaring Phoenix'), is a 78–90 seat regional jet manufactured by the Chinese state-owned aerospace company Comac.
Development of the ARJ21 began in March 2002, led by the state-owned ACAC consortium. The first prototype was rolled out on 21 December 2007, and made its maiden flight on 28 November 2008 from Shanghai. It received its CAAC Type Certification on 30 December 2014 and was introduced on 28 June 2016 by Chengdu Airlines. The ACAC consortium was reorganized in 2008 as part of Comac and the jet was rebranded as the C909 in November 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Comac C909” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.