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Bombardier CRJ family

The CRJ story, from first flight to lasting reputation

The Canadair Regional Jet line that made frequency-first network planning synonymous with regional jet flying.

Bombardier CRJ family is a in service regional jet by Bombardier, first flown in 1991 and introduced in 1992. This canonical Airchive page keeps the family history, specs, variants, operators, and related archive discussion at a single permanent URL.

First flight

1991

Service entry

1992

Seating band

50 to 104

Bombardier CRJ family is a in service regional jet by Bombardier, first flown in 1991 and introduced in 1992, with typical seating for 50 to 104 and range up to 2,000 nautical miles.

Regional coverage here treats route economics, cabin feel, airport practicality, and airline deployment as equally important parts of the aircraft’s identity.

Range band

2,000 nm

Notable operators

SkyWest · Endeavor · Jazz · Lufthansa CityLine

Source stack

  • Official manufacturer program pages
  • type certificate and airport planning data
  • operator configuration and fleet references

Variants

Representative variants

CRJ9

CRJ900

CRJ900 is the representative branch of the Bombardier CRJ family, capturing the branch that best represents the family’s mature network role.

Range 1,550 nm · Entry 2003

Specifications

Current public facts

Manufacturer
Bombardier
Program history
Class
Regional jet
Airchive taxonomy
First flight
1991-05-10
Program history
Service entry
1992-11-01
Operator records
Current status
In service
Fleet reality
Typical seating
50 to 104
Operator and cabin references
Range band
Up to 2,000 nm
Program literature
Cruise speed
447 kt
Planning data

Archive moments

Human context

For many North American passengers the CRJ is simply the texture of feeder flying: narrow cabins, high frequency, and years of being the small jet at the end of the concourse.
These aircraft earn archive space when frequency, network fit, and cabin feel define how people actually remember regional flying.

Timeline

Program milestones

  1. 1991

    First flight

    The CRJ begins flight testing and establishes the public shape of the family.

  2. 1992

    Service entry

    The family enters passenger or executive service and begins building its operating footprint.

  3. Today

    Current role

    The family remains active in service and still shapes fleet, mission, or archive discussions.

Related news

Editorial context

All news
No editorial dispatches are attached to this family yet. The aircraft record is live, and newsroom or archive coverage can be layered onto it later without changing the URL.

Forum threads

Community memory

Family hub
Live forumCRJ

CRJ current fleet watch

Ongoing sightings, deployment shifts, new operators, route changes, and cabin updates for the Bombardier CRJ family.