New 30-40 seats regional?
Since 37-seat Embraer ERJ-135 and 34-seat Fairchild Dornier 328JET entered service in 1999, there has been no new development in this segment.
Mitsubishi MRJ was orginally planned as a 30-50 seater in 2003 but it grew up to 70-90 seats in 2005 and it seems no OEM is seriously looking at the 30-40 seat segment.
Will there be no new development in the 30-40 seat segment in the next 10 years and existing regionals such as Jetstream 31/41, Saab 340, EMB-120 Brasilia linger on until replaced by larger new planes?
Last edited by datafuser; 11th Sep 2008 at 07:16.