At the 2026 Farnborough International Airshow, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) achieved a historic international breakthrough by securing a firm order from Air Cambodia for 20 C909 regional jets. The deal marks Air Cambodia as the inaugural foreign flag carrier to formally purchase and commit to operating the Chinese-built regional jet platform. The C909 designation represents the official rebrand of COMAC’s twin-engine ARJ21-700 regional airliner, a structural update introduced by the state-owned manufacturer to bring its regional jet lineup into a cohesive naming convention alongside the narrowbody C919 and widebody C929 programs.

This landmark order represents a major geopolitical and commercial victory for COMAC as it seeks to export its commercial aviation lineup across Southeast Asia and break the historic regional dominance of Western aircraft manufacturers. For Air Cambodia, the addition of 20 C909s will provide the capital-efficient, short-haul capacity needed to aggressively expand domestic routes within Cambodia and establish high-frequency regional feeder services to key tourism and trade hubs in neighboring Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos.