VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi Noi Bai International) will dry lease up to ten C909s from SPDB Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, according to an airline press release dated April 16, 2026.

"The two parties agreed to finance aircraft through operating leases, with a larger scale and deeper level of cooperation, covering up to ten C909 aircraft," VietJetAir said. The carrier plans to introduce the Chinese-built regional jets on routes between Viet Nam and China.

The parties did not disclose the delivery timeline. Currently, only two non-Chinese airlines operate the C909: TransNusa (five) and Lao Airlines (two). Air Cambodia plans to add ten units.

The airline is already familiar with the C909, having wet-leased two units from Chengdu Airlines to operate domestic flights to Con Dao. The initial wet lease began in April 2025 and ended in October 2025, resuming roughly a month later.

Alongside the aircraft agreement, VietJetAir announced five new routes to China. The airline began Hanoi Noi Bai International-Enshi and Ho Chi Minh City-Guilin flights in early April 2026. Additionally, it will also launch new services from to Hangzhou and Huangshan, and from Ho Chi Minh City to Huangshan.

According to ch-aviation fleets data, VietJetAir operates an in-house fleet of seventeen A320-200s, thirty-six A321-200s, eleven A321-200Ns, thirty-two A321-200NX jets, and eight A330-300s.

Meanwhile, lessor SPDB Financial Leasing offers a portfolio that includes A320-200Ns, A321-200NX, A330-300, and B737-800s. It has outstanding commitments for fifteen C909s and thirty-five C919-100STD, per ch-aviation data.