List of short-haul aircraft

The following is a list of commercial short-haul civilian passenger aircraft.
Background
Passenger aircraft used for short-haul flights have become increasingly known as regional aircraft and regional airliners. Additionally, the initial development of short-haul jet airliners were a source of national pride, for this was one market the rest of the developed world could still have hope of succeeding within, as the long-range jetliner market was all but completely dominated by the Americans after the British de Havilland Comet lost its initial advantage.
In the past, short-haul aircraft were often part of "mainline" airline fleets. Increasingly, the "short haul/short range" flying operations conducted by are being outsourced (or sub-contracted) by flag carriers, mainline carriers, and legacy carriers; to separately- but similarly-managed regional airlines.
civilian passenger aircraft pre-WWII
less than 40 seats
* Boeing 247 (1933)
* Curtiss Condor
* de Havilland Dragon Rapide
* Douglas DC-2
* Douglas DC-3
* Fokker F.VII
* Ford Trimotor (1925)
* Junkers Ju 52 (1930)
* Lockheed Model 10 Electra
* Vultee V-1
Post-war to 1978
Airlines were deregulated in 1978 in the US
post-World War II non-jet

* Airspeed Ambassador
* Antonov An-2
* de Havilland Dove
* de Havilland Heron
* de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
* Convair CV-240
* Ilyushin Il-12
* Ilyushin Il-14
* Martin 2-0-2
* Martin 4-0-4
* Saab 90 Scandia
* War surplus Douglas DC-3s
* Vickers VC.1 Viking
* Vickers Viscount
post-Korean War to 1970
(Including first-generation short-haul turbojet and turbofan airliners)
Reciprocating piston and turbine propelled short-haul airliners
* Convair 540/580/600/640 conversions
* Fairchild Hiller FH-227
* Fokker F27
* Handley Page Dart Herald (1955)
* Hawker Siddeley HS 748 (1960)
* Lockheed L-188 Electra
* NAMC YS-11
* Vickers Vanguard (1959)
First generation short-haul "turbojet" airliners
*Aerospatiale Caravelle
First generation short-haul "turbo fanjet" airliners
* Tupolev Tu-124
* Fokker F28
* Hawker Siddeley Trident
* Douglas DC-9
less than 40 seats prior to 1978

"Air-Taxis," "Commuters," and "Feederliners"
* Antonov An-28
* Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
* Britten-Norman Trislander
* Cessna 402
* Cessna 404
* Dornier Do 28
* Piper PA-31 Navajo
Unpressurized feederliners and short-haul "mini-airliners"
* Beechcraft Model 99
* Beriev Be-30
* CASA C-212 Aviocar
* de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
* Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
* Let L-410 Turbolet
* Saunders ST-27
* Short 330
Pressurized short-haul turboprop propelled "mini-airliners," the first "modern regional airliners"
* Aérospatiale N 262
* Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
* Handley Page Jetstream
Turbofan propelled first generation "mini-airliners," the first "regional jets"
*Aérospatiale Corvette
* VFW-614
*Yakovlev Yak-40
1980s & 1990s
* Airbus A320
* Boeing 737-300
* Boeing 737-400
* Boeing 737-500
* BAe 146
* Fokker 70
* Fokker 100
* Yakovlev Yak-42
The following aircraft are generally considered among the class of "Regional jets" rather than short-haul airliners. These aircraft are never flown by "mainline airlines" or "legacy airline carriers" in the U.S., but may turn up in the a "legacy" or "mainlines" wholly owned regional airline subsidiaries fleet. Some "Flag airline carriers" in other parts of the world have included "regional jets" among their "flagship fleets".
** Canadair CRJ-100
** Canadair CRJ-200
** Canadair CRJ-700
** Canadair CRJ-900
** Canadair CRJ-1000
** Embraer ERJ-145
** Embraer ERJ-140
** Embraer ERJ-135
** Fairchild Dornier 328Jet
2000 & onward
The following short-haul airliners, have turned up at "mainline airline carriers" in the U.S. and Canada, as well as many "low-cost carriers" and even "Flag airlines" across the world, but as yet have not found a place or a home with the "seemingly perpetually struggling mainline operations at the big legacy carriers" in the United States.
* Antonov An-148
* Boeing 717
* Embraer E-Jets (Note: JetBlue Airways, Air Canada and many other airlines operate these as part of their mainline operations rather than as regional airliners.)
* Embraer E-170
* Embraer E-175
2005 & onward
* Embraer E-190
* Embraer E-195
* Bombardier CSeries under development
* COMAC ARJ21 under development
* Sukhoi Superjet 100
* Mitsubishi Regional Jet under development
* Irkut MS-21 under development

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