Variant
328JET
328JET is the representative branch of the Dornier 328JET family, capturing the sole jet branch of the 328 program and a niche commuter specialist.
Range 1,000 nm · Entry 1999
DornierRegional jetIn service
Dornier 328JET family
The 328JET story, from first flight to lasting reputation
The small commuter jet derivative that gave the 328 platform a faster but still highly specialized operating profile.
Dornier 328JET family is a in service regional jet by Dornier, first flown in 1998 and introduced in 1999. This canonical Airchive page keeps the family history, specs, variants, operators, and related archive discussion at a single permanent URL.
First flight
1998
Service entry
1999
Seating band
30 to 33
Dornier 328JET family is a in service regional jet by Dornier, first flown in 1998 and introduced in 1999, with typical seating for 30 to 33 and range up to 1,000 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
1,000 nm
Notable operators
Sun Air · US Airways Express · Denver Air Connection
Source stack
- Official manufacturer program pages
- type certificate and airport planning data
- operator configuration and fleet references
Variants
Representative variants
Specifications
Current public facts
- Manufacturer
- Dornier
- Program history
- Class
- Regional jet
- Airchive taxonomy
- First flight
- 1998-01-20
- Program history
- Service entry
- 1999-06-01
- Operator records
- Current status
- In service
- Fleet reality
- Typical seating
- 30 to 33
- Operator and cabin references
- Range band
- Up to 1,000 nm
- Program literature
- Cruise speed
- 390 kt
- Planning data
Archive moments
Human context
The 328JET feels rare enough to reward archive treatment: tiny, purposeful, and tied to routes where scale matters more than mass recognition.
These aircraft earn archive space when frequency, network fit, and cabin feel define how people actually remember regional flying.
Timeline
Program milestones
- 1998
First flight
The 328JET begins flight testing and establishes the public shape of the family.
- 1999
Service entry
The family enters passenger or executive service and begins building its operating footprint.
- Today
Current role
The family remains active in service and still shapes fleet, mission, or archive discussions.
Related news
Editorial context
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
Live forum328JET
328JET lounge: operators, cabins, routes, and memories
Use this as the standing thread for Dornier 328JET family operator history, route logic, cabin details, and first-hand memory.
Live forum328JET
328JET current fleet watch
Ongoing sightings, deployment shifts, new operators, route changes, and cabin updates for the Dornier 328JET family.