Light Passenger Jets

The regional jet built for short-field and austere operations.

The largest CRJ built for high-capacity regional service

The CRJ-200 seats 50, flies 1,700 nm and is still in United service through SkyWest. Its history, engines, variants and why Delta retired it.

The CRJ550 is a CRJ700 cut to 50 seats and a 65,000 lb takeoff weight to fit pilot scope clauses. See how it differs, who flies it and why.

The Bombardier CRJ700, or Canadair Regional Jet 700, seats 68 to 78 and flies up to 1,985 nm. History, CRJ701/702 variants, cabin, airlines and safety.

Born from the CRJ900, replaced by It soon after

The Bombardier CRJ900 seats up to 90 and flies as a 76-seat regional jet for Delta, American and Air Canada. Variants, cabins, safety record.

First in the DHC dash 8 series, turboprop regional airliner in the 1980s

The quiet quad-jet built for city airports and short runways

China’s regional jet built to establish an indigenous commercial aviation industry.

The Embraer 170 seats 66 to 78 passengers and flies up to 2,150 nm. E170 history, seating, variants, operators, price, and how it differs from the E175.

The Embraer 175 seats 76 to 88 passengers, cruises at Mach 0.82, and flies 2,200 nm. Full specs, seating layout, engines, and operators explained.

The regional jet built for thin-route connectivity.

The regional jet built to bridge capacity between the ERJ 135 and 145.

The regional jet that reshaped short-haul aviation in the 1990s

The regional jet conversion built for faster short-haul operations.

The compact regional jet built for lower-density short-haul routes.

The smallest and initial variant of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 narrow-body airliner.

Mitsubishi SpaceJet specs, MRJ90 history and the scope clause that killed Japan's first homegrown airliner since the YS-11. Canceled February 2023.

The modern Russian regional jet built for short and medium-haul routes.

The short-haul jet that introduced Soviet regional jet transport.

Soviet narrow-body jet airliner, the Tu-134 Crusty

Tupolev Tu-334 specs, history and cancellation: a 102-seat Russian regional jet certified in 2003 that lost to the Superjet with only two ever flown.

The proposed short takeoff airliner built for regional jet operations.

The compact trijet built for rugged regional operations.

The first Soviet airliner fitted with improved high-bypass turbofan engines