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The following is a list of commercial short-haul civilian passenger "regional" airliners with significant build numbers.Regional airliners typically seat fewer than 100 passengers and fill the short-hop role in the hub and spoke model of passenger and cargo distribution as well as taking part in point-to-point transit and fly up to 810 miles.
Regional airlines serving small hubs or airports with short runways will often use turboprop aircraft with propeller engines versus jet engines. de Havilland Canada ( Dash 7 and Dash 8 ), Antonov ( An-24 and An-140 ), Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation ( MA60 , MA600 and MA700 ) and ATR ( ATR 42 and ATR 72 ) are manufacturers of this type.
As of July 2024 Embraer has delivered 3034 regional jets, between the ERJ family and the still in production E-Jet/E-Jet E2 [1] [2] The Sud Aviation Caravelle short-haul jet airliner was the first regional jet introduced in 1959 The Yakovlev Yak-40 was introduced in 1968 The Fokker F-28 was introduced in 1969 and was followed by the stretched Fokker 100 in 1988 and its Fokker 70 shrink in 1994.
Flight West was a regional airline operating in Australia in the 1990s. A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights.
Comac rebranded its ARJ21 regional jet as the C909 to further challenge Airbus and Boeing. The C909's closest competitors in size and range are the Brazilian-made Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2.
This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned passengers. Passenger numbers shown are inclusive of regional carriers operating under contract where applicable. Airline
This article contains one version of a list of orders made by airlines and other buyers for the Bombardier CRJ family of regional aircraft.. Produced by Bombardier Aerospace of the Canadian aerospace and defence company Bombardier Inc., which was owned by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, the former CRJ100 and CRJ200 series are no longer in modern production but remain in active service.
Both aircraft plunged into the icy Potomac River shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday and all 64 passengers on the American Airlines regional jet, along with three soldiers on the Black Hawk helicopter ...