List of regional airliners

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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.

Current in production[]

Model Type Seats Seats
/Row 		Intro. Prod.
end 		Built Country In service[a]
(orders)[1]
Airbus A220 Jet 108-160 5 2016 in prod. 98 Canada 112 (368)
Antonov An-140 Turboprop 52 4 2002 in prod. 35 Ukraine 1
Antonov An-148 Jet 68–99 5 2009 in prod. 42 Ukraine 7
ATR 42 Turboprop 40-52 4 1985 in prod. 470 France & Italy 251 (20)
ATR 72 Turboprop 68-74 4 1989 in prod. 1000 France & Italy 879 (118)
De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Turboprop 37-90 4 1984 in prod. 1244 Canada 830 (15)
Britten-Norman Islander Utility 9 2 1967 in prod. 1280 UK (?)
CASA C-212 Aviocar Utility 26 3 1974 in prod. 583 Spain (?)
CASA/IPTN CN-235 Turboprop 51 4 1988 in prod. 341 Spain & Indonesia (?)
Cessna 208 Utility 13 3 1984 in prod. 2,500 USA (?)
Comac ARJ21 Jet 78-105 5 2016 in prod. 9 China 31 (208)
DHC-6 Twin Otter (Viking -400) Utility 19 3 2010 in prod. 141 Canada 315 (8)
Dornier 228/Dornier 228NG Utility 19 2 1982 in prod. 370 Germany 60
Embraer E-Jet E2 family Jet 80-146 4 2018 in prod. 8 Brazil 23 (108)
Embraer E-Jet family Jet 66-124 4 2004 in prod. 1414 Brazil 1443 (161)
Harbin Y-12 Utility 17 3 1985 in prod. 105 (?) China (?)
Ilyushin Il-114 Turboprop 52–64 4 1998 in prod. 20 Russia (?)
Let L-410 Turbolet Utility 19 3 1970 in prod. 1200 Czech Republic 178 (3)
Mitsubishi MRJ Jet 69-92 4 2020 (est) in prod. 4 Japan 0 (203)
NAL Saras Propfan 14-19 2 2004 (proposed) 2025 (planned) 2 India 15 (45)
PZL M28 Skytruck Utility 18 3 1993 in prod. 39 Poland (?)
Sukhoi Superjet 100 Jet 87-108 5 2011 in prod. 159 Russia 131 (45)
Xian Y-7 / MA60 / MA600 Turboprop 52–62 4 1984 in prod. 231 China 51 (30)


  • Beech 1900D two-abreast cabin

  • Let L-410 three-abreast cabin

  • Dash 8 four-abreast cabin

  • Bombardier CRJ four-abreast cabin

Out of production[]

Model Type Seats Seats
/Row 		Intro. Prod.
end 		Built Country In service
Antonov An-24 Turboprop 40-50 4 1962 2012 1264 Ukraine 97
BAe 146/Avro RJ Jet 70-112 5 1983 2001 387 UK 119
BAe ATP Turboprop 64 4 1988 1996 64 UK 20
BAe Jetstream Utility 19 3 1982 1993 386 UK 101
BAe Jetstream 41 Turboprop 29-30 3 1992 1997 100 UK 54
Beechcraft 1900 Utility 19 2 1984 2002 695 USA 341
Beechcraft Model 99 Turboprop 15 2 1968 1987 700 USA 107
Boeing 717 Jet 106-117 5 1999 2006 156 USA 145
Bombardier CRJ100/200 Jet 50 4 1992 2006 1021 Canada 621
Bombardier CRJ700/900/1000 Jet 66-104 4 2001 2020 924 Canada 825 (12)
Britten-Norman Trislander Utility 16-17 2 1971 1982 72 UK 4
de Havilland Canada Dash 7 Turboprop 50 4 1978 1988 113 Canada 21
DHC-6 Twin Otter (-100/-200/-300) Utility 19-20 3 1966 1988 844 Canada 230
Dornier 328 Turboprop 30-33 3 1993 2000 217 Germany 27
Douglas DC-3 Turboprop 32 3 1936 1942 607 USA 3
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante Utility 15-21 3 1973 1990 501 Brazil 39
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia Turboprop 30 3 1985 2001 354 Brazil 127
Embraer ERJ family Jet 37–50 3 1997 2020 1213 Brazil 610
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner Turboprop 19 2 1972 2001 600+ USA 220
Fairchild-Dornier 328JET Jet 30-33 3 1999 2004 110 Germany 18
Fokker 100 Jet 97-122 5 1988 1997 283 Netherlands 109
Fokker 50 Turboprop 58 4 1987 1997 213 Netherlands 105
Fokker 70 Jet 72-85 5 1994 1997 48 Netherlands 35
Fokker F27 Friendship Turboprop 48-56 4 1958 1987 586 Netherlands 10
GAF Nomad Utility 12 2 1975 1985 172 Australia 2
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Turboprop 40-58 4 1962 1988 380 UK 15
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Jet 80-135 5 1965 1982 976 USA 34
Saab 2000 Turboprop 50-58 3 1994 1999 63 Sweden 16
Saab 340 Turboprop 34 3 1984 1999 459 Sweden 230
Yakovlev Yak-40 Jet 32 4 1968 1981 1011 Russia 20
Yakovlev Yak-42 Jet 104-120 6 1980 2003 185 USSR / Russia 28

Historical[]

Model Type Seats Seats
/Row 		Intro. Prod.
end 		Built Country
Aérospatiale N 262 Utility 23-29 3 1964 1976 110 France
Airspeed Ambassador Utility 60 5 1951 1953 23 UK
Antonov An-28 Utility 18 3 1986 1993 191 Ukraine
Breguet 941 Turboprop 56 4 1967 1974 6 France
de Havilland Dove Utility 8 2 1946 1967 542 UK
de Havilland Heron Utility 14 2 1950 1963 150 UK
Douglas DC-1 Turboprop 10 1 1933 1933 1 USA
Douglas DC-2 Turboprop 14 2 1934 1939 198 USA
Douglas DC-4 Turboprop 80 4 1942 1947 80 USA
Douglas DC-5 Turboprop 16-22 2 1940 1949 12 USA
Douglas DC-6 Turboprop 20 4 1946 1958 704 USA
Douglas DC-7 Turboprop 30 4 1953 1958 338 USA
Fokker F28 Fellowship Jet 55-70 5 1969 1987 241 Netherlands
Handley Page Dart Herald Turboprop 47-56 4 1961 1968 50 UK
Handley Page Jetstream Utility 16 3 1969 1975 66 UK
IAI Arava Utility 20-24 4 1972 1988 80 Israel
Mitsubishi MU-2 Utility 4-12 2 1963 1986 704 Japan
NAMC YS-11 Turboprop 64 4 1965 1974 182 Japan
Saab 90 Scandia Utility 24-32 3 1950 1954 18 Sweden
Short 330 Turboprop 30 3 1976 1992 125 UK
Short 360 Turboprop 36 3 1982 1991 165 UK
Short SC.7 Skyvan Utility 19 3 1963 1986 153 UK
VFW-Fokker 614 Jet 40-44 4 1975 1977 19 Germany

See also[]

  • Short haul

Notes[]

  1. ^ July 2020

References[]

  1. ^ "World Airliner Census". Flightglobal. July 2020.
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