List of regional airliners

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.

Propeller airliners

Two-abreast cabin

Type	Seats	Period	Built	Country
de Havilland Dove	8-11	1946-1947	542	UK
de Havilland Heron	14-17	1950-1963	150	UK
Britten-Norman Islander	9	1965–present	1280	UK
Beechcraft Model 99	15	1968-1986	700	USA
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner	19	1968-2001	600+	USA
Britten-Norman Trislander	16	1970-1982	72	UK
GAF Nomad	12-16	1975–1985	172	Australia
Dornier Do 228	19	1981-1998, 2009–present	270	Germany
Evektor EV-55 Outback	9-14	2011 -present	1	Czech Republic
Beechcraft 1900	19	1982-2002	695	USA

Three-abreast cabin

Type	Seats	Period	Built	Country
Saab 90 Scandia	24-32	1946-1954	18	Sweden
Aérospatiale N 262	23-29	1962-1976	110	France
Short SC.7 Skyvan	19	1963–1986	153	UK
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter	19	1965–1988, 2008–present	846	Canada
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante	18-21	1968–1990	500	Brazil
Handley Page Jetstream	16	1969-1993	66	UK
Let L-410 Turbolet	19	1971–present	1,138	Czechoslovakia
Short 330	30	1974–1992	125	UK
CASA C-212 Aviocar	26	1974–present	578	Spain
Antonov An-28 / PZL M28	18	1975-1993 / 1993-present	191 / 39	Ukraine / Poland
BAe Jetstream	18	1980-1993	386	UK
Short 360	36-39	1981–1991	165	UK
Saab 340	37	1983-1999	459	Sweden
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia	30	1983–2001	354	Brazil
Cessna 208	14	1984–present	2,000+	USA
Harbin Y-12	17	1985–present	105	China
BAe Jetstream 41	29	1992–1997	100	UK
Dornier 328	30	1992-2005	217	Germany
Saab 2000	50-58	1994-1999	64	Sweden

Four-abreast cabin

Type	Seats	Period	Built	Country
Fokker F27 Friendship	48-56	1958-1987	586	Netherlands
Antonov An-24	52	1959-1979	1367	Ukraine
Handley Page Dart Herald	56	1959-1968	50	UK
Hawker Siddeley HS 748	40-58	1962-1988	380	UK
NAMC YS-11	64	1962–1974	182	Japan
IAI Arava	20-24	1972–1988	80	Israel
Ilyushin Il-114	52-64	1997–present	20	Russia
de Havilland Canada Dash 7	50	1975-1988	113	Canada
Bombardier Dash 8	37-78	1983–present	1125	Canada
ATR 42	42-50	1984–present	429	France & Italy
Fokker 50	58	1987-1997	213	Netherlands
BAe ATP	64	1988-1996	64	UK
CASA/IPTN CN-235	44	1988–present	273	Spain & Indonesia
ATR 72	68-74	1989–present	678	France & Italy
Antonov An-140	52	1997–present	31	Ukraine
Xian MA60	66	2000–present	80	China

Five-abreast cabin

Type	Seats	Period	Built	Country
Airspeed Ambassador	47	1947-1953	23	UK

Regional jets

Three-abreast cabin

Type	Seats	Period	Built	Country
Embraer ERJ 145 family	37-50	1989–present	890	Brazil
Fairchild-Dornier 328JET	32-34	1999-2005	111	Germany

Four-abreast cabin

Type	Seats	Period	Built	Country	Notes
Yakovlev Yak-40	27-36	1967-1981	1011	Russia
VFW-Fokker 614	40-44	1975-1977	19	Germany
Bombardier CRJ100/200	50	1992-2000	1021	Canada
Bombardier CRJ700/900/1000	70-100	2001–present	647	Canada	Midway Airlines (1993-2003) and Independence Air used the CRJ as part of their "mainline" equipment.
Embraer E-Jet family	70-108	2004–present	1100	Brazil	Air Canada and JetBlue fly and staff their E-jet's as part of their mainline fleet.
Mitsubishi Regional Jet	78-92	development	2	Japan

Five-abreast cabin

Type	Seats	Period	Built	Country
Fokker F28 Fellowship	65-79	1967-1987	241	Netherlands
British Aerospace 146	82-112	1983-2001	387	UK
Fokker 100	97-107	1986-1997	283	Netherlands
Fokker 70	79	1994-1997	47	Netherlands
Antonov An-148	75-99	2009–present	30	Ukraine
Sukhoi Superjet 100	78-98	2011–present	92	Russia
Comac ARJ21	70-105	2013–present	6	China
Bombardier CSeries	110-160	2013–present	3	Canada
Kawasaki YPX	100-150	development	?	Japan

Gallery

Loganair Islander at Fair Isle

Let L410

Dash 8 of Air Southwest on landing

BMI Embraer ERJ 145

CRJ100 LR of Lufthansa CityLine

Lufthansa Avro RJ85 (Bae 146)

Sukhoi Superjet 100 in Campeche, Mexico

See also

• Short haul

References