List of Comac ARJ21 operators

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The following is a list of operators of the Comac ARJ21 .

Airline operators

There are 113 Comac ARJ21 aircraft in active service as of September 2023. Currently, the largest operator is Chengdu Airlines with 25 aircraft. [1]

LegendNotes
*Current
*Former
*Orders
AirlineCountryPhoto-700-700F-900NotesRefs
Air China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B-605Y@PEK (20201102100526).jpg 20Executing order for 35 aircraft [2]
Chengdu Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Chengdu Airlines ARJ-21(B-603N)at Mudanjiang Airport.jpg 25Launch customer
Executing order for 30 aircraft
[3]
China Eastern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 35Deliveries expected from 2025. [2]
China Express Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6Executing order for 50 aircraft [4]
China Flight General Aviation CompanyFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2
China Southern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 20231118 Comac ARJ21-700 of China Southern Airlines (B-653Z) at CGO 02.jpg 23Executing order for 35 aircraft [2]
Genghis Khan Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Tian Jiao Hang Kong ARJ21Xi Lin Hao Te .png 5 [5]
Jiangxi Air Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5Executing order for 35 aircraft [6]
Joy Air Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Joy air.jpg 50 [7]
Longhao Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1Executing order for 50 aircraft [8]
OTT Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China B-123A@PEK (20210128164812).jpg 17Executing order for 35 aircraft [2]
Republic of Congo Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 4 [9]
Shandong Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10 [10]
Shanghai Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5 [10]
TransNusa Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia TransNusa ARJ 21 PK-TJA.jpg 2Executing order for 30 aircraft
First international operator
[11]
YTO Cargo Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1 [12]

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