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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.
| Model | Type | Seats | Seats /Row | Intro. | Prod. end | Built | Country | In service [lower-alpha 1] (orders) [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A220 | Jet | 108-160 | 5 | 2016 | in prod. | 322 | Canada | 322 (592) |
| 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 | (?) |
| Cessna 408 SkyCourier | Utility | 19 | 3 | 2022 | in prod. | 5 | USA | 3 (53) |
| 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. | 108 | Brazil | 108 (198) |
| Embraer E-Jet family | Jet | 66-124 | 4 | 2004 | in prod. | 1677 | Brazil | 1677 (101) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Tecnam P2012 Traveller | Utility | 9 | 2 | 2020 | in prod. | 35 | Italy | 35? (45?) |
| Xian Y-7 / MA60 / MA600 | Turboprop | 52–62 | 4 | 1984 | in prod. | 231 | China | 51 (30) |
| Model | Type | Seats | Seats /Row | Intro. | Prod. end | Built | Country | In service [lower-alpha 1] (orders) [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAL Saras | Propfan | 14-19 | 2 | 2004 (proposed) | 2025 (planned) | 2 | India | 15 (45) |
| Model | Type | Seats | Seats /Row | Intro. | Prod. end | Built | Country | In service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-24 | Turboprop | 40-50 | 4 | 1962 | 2012 | 1264 | USSR | 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 | 37 |
| 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 |
| 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 | USSR |
| 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 | Piston | 10 | 1 | 1933 | 1933 | 1 | USA |
| Douglas DC-2 | Piston | 14 | 2 | 1934 | 1939 | 198 | USA |
| Douglas DC-4 | Piston | 80 | 4 | 1942 | 1947 | 80 | USA |
| Douglas DC-5 | Piston | 16-22 | 2 | 1940 | 1949 | 12 | USA |
| Douglas DC-6 | Piston | 20 | 4 | 1946 | 1958 | 704 | USA |
| Douglas DC-7 | Piston | 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 |
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