Well, these days one can be on ERJ/CRJ flights for some dreadfully long times... But "regional" in my post means "regional route" not "regional jet". Again, it's the A300/A310/B767 market, not the ERJ/CRJ one that is being addressed.
Lots of speculation about size/range here and elsewhere, so I'll just go with what's in the original article, and trust we'll find out the truth "sometime soon"...
[Forgeard] wouldn't say what size or range the new plane would have.
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