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This is an overview of the types of regional aircraft operated by regional airlines of the world. To limit the list, only airlines that are associated with major airlines (via a brand or ownership) are included. Only aircraft types that are currently in operation are shown, except where noted. Each block represents a "subfleet", that is one aircraft type operated by one regional airline as a specific regional brand.

North America

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  United States
Parent Company Regional Airline Turboprops Jets
Saab 340 Dash 8 family ATR 42 ERJ family E-Jet family CRJ family MRJ
100/200 300 400 135 140 145 170 175 175-E2 -200 -700 -900 90
Alaska Air Group Horizon Air
American Airlines Group Envoy Air × ×
Piedmont Airlines
PSA Airlines
Delta Air Lines Endeavor Air
CJT Holdings Air Wisconsin
Hyannis Air Service Cape Air
Mesa Air Group Mesa Airlines
Republic Airways Holdings Republic Airlines
Shuttle America
SkyWest, Inc. ExpressJet
SkyWest Airlines
Trans States Holdings Compass Airlines
GoJet Airlines
Trans States Airlines
Victory Park Capital Silver Airways
CommutAir CommutAir
Typical Seats 34 37 50 78 42 37 44 50 70 78 88 50 70 90 90
Overall ×
American Eagle (American Airlines)
Delta Connection (Delta Air Lines)
United Express (United Airlines)
Alaska Airlines

This table shows the diversity of the US regional airline industry. Fourteen aircraft types are operated by 17 regional airlines for the four "major" airlines.

American Eagle is opeated by the most subfleets, at 20. United Express is operated by 17 subfleets. Delta Connection is operated by 14 subfleets.

United Express is operated by the rarest aircraft types. The Saab 340, Q300, ATR 42, and ERJ-135 all operate only as United Express. American Eagle's ERJ-140 subfleet is the only other sole-operated aircraft type, and they are due for retirement soon.

The CRJ family is clearly the overwhelming favorite at the moment, 25 subfleets (9 -200, 10 -700, and 6 -900). Although the current trend is removal of most CRJ-200s, and an increase in E-175 fleets, which is up to 10.

Most regional airlines have focused on one aircraft type or one aircraft family: Horizon, and CommutAir operate Dash 8 family aircraft only. Silver Airways operates only Saab 340s and Cape Air operates only ATR 72s. Trans States operates only ERJ-145s. PSA Airlines, Endeavor Air, Air Wisconsin, and GoJet all operate CRJ family aircraft only. Shuttle America, Compass Airlines, and Republic Airlines all operate E-Jet family aircraft only.

Aircraft →     ATR B.   Bombardier   Embraer   Fok. M Saab
ATR 42 ATR 72 19
00
Dash 8 CRJ CS 1
20
ERJ E-Jet E-Jet E2 50 60 70 1
00
RJ 3
40
20
00
Brands ↓ Operators ↓ 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 2 7 9 10 1 3 35 40 45 70 75 90 95 75 90 95 90 Owners ↓
Air Canada Express   Air Georgian
  EVAS
  Jazz
  Sky Regional
  Porter Airlines
Aeroméxico Connect   Aerolitoral Aeroméxico

Not surprisingly, Canada's regional airlines prefer home-made Bombardier aircraft.

South America

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Aircraft →     ATR B.   Bombardier   Embraer   Fok. M Saab
ATR 42 ATR 72 19
00
Dash 8 CRJ CS 1
20
ERJ E-Jet E-Jet E2 50 60 70 1
00
RJ 3
40
20
00
Brands ↓ Operators ↓ 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 2 7 9 10 1 3 35 40 45 70 75 90 95 75 90 95 90 Owners ↓

Western Europe

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Aircraft →     ATR B.   Bombardier   Embraer   Fok. M Saab
ATR 42 ATR 72 19
00
Dash 8 CRJ CS 1
20
ERJ E-Jet E-Jet E2 50 60 70 1
00
RJ 3
40
20
00
Brands ↓ Operators ↓ 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 2 7 9 10 1 3 35 40 45 70 75 90 95 75 90 95 90 Owners ↓
British Airways   BA CityFlyer British Airways
Lufthansa Regional   Lufthansa CityLine Lufthansa
  Eurowings
  Air Dolomiti
Alitalia   Alitalia CityLiner Alitalia
Aer Lingus Regional   Stobart Air
Etihad Regional   Darwin Airline
  Portugália TAP Portugal
  HOP! Air France
  KLM Cityhopper Air France-KLM
  CityJet
  Flybe
  BMI Regional

Eastern Europe

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Asia

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Aircraft →     ATR B.   Bombardier   Embraer   Fok. M Saab
ATR 42 ATR 72 19
00
Dash 8 CRJ CS 1
20
ERJ E-Jet E-Jet E2 50 60 70 1
00
RJ 3
40
20
00
Brands ↓ Operators ↓ 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 2 7 9 10 1 3 35 40 45 70 75 90 95 75 90 95 90 Owners ↓
ANA   ANA Wings ANA

Africa

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Aircraft →     ATR B.   Bombardier   Embraer   Fok. M Saab
ATR 42 ATR 72 19
00
Dash 8 CRJ CS 1
20
ERJ E-Jet E-Jet E2 50 60 70 1
00
RJ 3
40
20
00
Brands ↓ Operators ↓ 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 2 7 9 10 1 3 35 40 45 70 75 90 95 75 90 95 90 Owners ↓
  EgyptAir Express EgyptAir
  South African Express
  South African Airlink

Australia & Pacific

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Aircraft →     ATR B.   Bombardier   Embraer   Fok. M Saab
ATR 42 ATR 72 19
00
Dash 8 CRJ CS 1
20
ERJ E-Jet E-Jet E2 50 60 70 1
00
RJ 3
40
20
00
Brands ↓ Operators ↓ 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 2 7 9 10 1 3 35 40 45 70 75 90 95 75 90 95 90 Owners ↓
QantasLink   Cobham Aviation
  Eastern Australia
  Sunstate Airlines
Virgin Australia   V.A. Regional

Largest operators by type

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Leaderboard
  SkyWest Airlines 4
  Jazz Aviation LP 2
Aircraft Type Operator Fleet Size
Beech 1900   Great Lakes Airlines 22
Bombardier Dash 8 -100   Jazz Aviation LP 34
200   CommutAir 16
300   Jazz Aviation LP 26
400   Horizon Air 53
CRJ 100   SkyWest Airlines 8
200   SkyWest Airlines 162
700   SkyWest Airlines 93
900   Endeavor Air 81
1000   Garuda Indonesia 18
Embraer ERJ 135   Airlink 17
140 ?
145   ExpressJet 165
E-Jet 170   Shuttle America 25
175   Republic Airlines 104
Fokker 50   CityJet 15
70   KLM Cityhopper 19
100   Alliance Airlines 18
Saab 340   Regional Express Airlines 49
2000   Braathens Regional 11

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