 Algeria
Algerian Air Force - producing locally under Fernas-142 name 
 Australia
ADF - Australian Air Force Cadets - three in service used to train cadet pilots as of 2017
 Bolivia
Bolivian Air Force = nine x Z242L ordered in May 2016.

 Bulgaria
Bulgarian Air Force - Z 42
 Cuba
Cuban Air Force - Z-142
 Croatia
Croatian Air Force and Air Defence - Z-242L
 Czech Republic
Czech Air Force - Z-142
 Egypt
Egyptian Air Force
 Macedonia
Macedonian Air Force - Z-242L
 Mexico
Mexican Navy - Z-242
 Peru
Peruvian Air Force - Z-242
 Slovenia
Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence - Z-242
 Yemen
Yemen Air Force - Z-242.

 Hungary
Hungarian Air Force - Z-242L 
Separatist organizations
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - Air Tigers (formerly active in  Sri Lanka)
 Algeria
Algerian Air Force - producing locally under Fernas-142 name 
 Australia
ADF - Australian Air Force Cadets - three in service used to train cadet pilots as of 2017
 Bolivia
Bolivian Air Force = nine x Z242L ordered in May 2016.
 Bulgaria
Bulgarian Air Force - Z 42
 Cuba
Cuban Air Force - Z-142
 Croatia
Croatian Air Force and Air Defence - Z-242L
 Czech Republic
Czech Air Force - Z-142
 Egypt
Egyptian Air Force
 Macedonia
Macedonian Air Force - Z-242L
 Mexico
Mexican Navy - Z-242
 Peru
Peruvian Air Force - Z-242
 Slovenia
Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence - Z-242
 Yemen
Yemen Air Force - Z-242.
 Hungary
Hungarian Air Force - Z-242L 
Separatist organizations
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - Air Tigers (formerly active in  Sri Lanka)
Zlín Z 42