| CRJ700 series (CRJ550 / CRJ700 / CRJ705 / CRJ900 / CRJ1000) | |
|---|---|
.jpg) An Air Nostrum CRJ900 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Regional jet |
| National origin | Canada |
| Manufacturer | Bombardier Aviation |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | SkyWest Airlines[1] |
| Number built | 924[a] |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1999–2020 |
| Introduction date | 2001 |
| First flight | 27 May 1999 |
| Developed from | Bombardier CRJ100/200 |
The Bombardier CRJ700 series is a family of regional jet airliners that were designed and manufactured by Canadian transportation conglomerate Bombardier (formerly Canadair). Officially launched in 1997, the CRJ700's maiden flight took place on 27 May 1999; it was soon followed by the stretched CRJ900 variant. Several additional variants of the type were subsequently introduced, including the elongated CRJ1000 and the CRJ550 and CRJ705, which were modified to comply with scope clauses. The CRJ program was acquired by the Japanese corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2020, which ended production of the aircraft.
Their design was derived from the smaller CRJ100 and 200 airliners, the other members of the Bombardier CRJ aircraft family. During the 1990s, Bombardier initiated development on the CRJ-X, a program to produce enlarged derivatives of its popular CRJ100/200 family. During its lifetime, competitors included the British Aerospace 146, the Embraer E-Jet family, the Fokker 70, and the Fokker 100.
In Bombardier's lineup, the CRJ Series was marketed alongside a family of larger jets, the C Series (now owned by Airbus and marketed as the Airbus A220), and a turboprop, the Q Series (now owned by De Havilland Canada and marketed as the Dash 8). During the late 2010s, Bombardier sought to sell off several of its aircraft programs. The CRJ program was acquired by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in a deal that closed 1 June 2020.[4] Bombardier continued to manufacture aircraft at the Mirabel facility until the order backlog was completed in December 2020.[2] Mitsubishi will continue to manufacture parts for existing CRJ operators, but currently does not plan to sell or build any new CRJ aircraft, originally planning to focus on their SpaceJet aircraft, for which development has now also ceased.
- ^ "World Airliner Census". Flight International, p. 40. 24–30 August 2010.
- ^ a b Sylvain Larocque (12 December 2020). "Une belle page de l'histoire aéronautique québécoise se tourne". Le Journal de Montréal (in French).
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