Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet
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The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) is a small airliner manufactured by Bombardier and originally based on the Canadair Challenger business jet. It is, or has been, in service with airlines in North America, Europe, India and the Far East, including Independence Air, Mesa Airlines, Horizon Air, SkyWest, Pinnacle Airlines, Comair, and Air Wisconsin in the US, Air Canada Jazz in Canada, Lufthansa in Germany, Brit Air in France, Duo Airways in the UK, Adria Airways in Slovenia, Air Sahara in India and J-AIR in Japan.
Design studies commenced in 1987, with the first prototype flying on May 10, 1991. It has a modern EFIS avionics suite featuring 6 CRTs.
Variants
- CRJ-100 - original 50-seat version.
- CRJ-200 - similar to CRJ-100, but with improved engines, General Electric CF34-3B1. 50 passenger seats, 2 pilot seats, 1 pilot observer seat (jumpseat) and 1 flight attendant jumpseat.
- The normal airline configuration is 2x2 seating in rows 1 through 12, and 2x0 in row 13 The lavatory compartment taking up the aft-right portion of the cabin. Comair also operates a 40 seat variant, which has seating rows 1, 2 and 13 removed and wardrobe closet fillers in their place. Pinnacle Airlines (as Northwest Airlink), employs a similar tactic to operate a 44-seat version. Pinnacle modifications are designed to allow operations under their major partner's pilot contract "scope clause". Comair 40 seaters were offered to the airline at a discount price, to prevent Comair from purchasing the much cheaper Embraer 135.
- The 50-seat versions of the aircraft also have an option to add a second flight attendant jumpseat at the rear of the cabin for a total of 50 passengers, 2 flight attendants, 2 pilots and 1 cockpit/pilot observer.
- CRJ-700 - stretched 70-seat version. The CRJ-700 is equipped with the General Electric CF34-8C1 engine. Maximum speed is Mach .85 at a maximum altitude of 41,000 feet (12,500 m). Depending upon payload, the CRJ-700 can travel up to 2250 statute miles (3,600 km) with current engines, and a new variant with CF34-8C5 engines will be able to travel up to 2895 miles (4,660 km). It features a new wing with leading edge slats and a stretch of the fusalage. This enables the aircraft to carry up to 78 passengers with a crew of 2 plus cabin crew. The first flight was in 1999 and it entered service in 2001. Competes loosely with the Embraer 170. CRJ-700 comes in two subvariants - Series 701 and Series 705. The Series 705 is actually a CRJ-900, with a business class and a reduced maximum seating capacity to allow operation with scoped regional airlines. Some regional airlines have contracts with their major airlines that limit the maximum passenger capacity of aircraft they operate. Air Canada Jazz was the launch customer for this aircraft in 2005
- CRJ-900 - stretched 86-seat version. Competes loosely with the Embraer 175.
- Challenger 800 / 850 - a business jet variant of the CRJ-200
Specifications
| Variant | CRJ-100ER/LR | CRJ-200ER/LR | CRJ-700 (Series 701) |
CRJ-900 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length Wing span Height |
27.77 m (87 ft 10 in) 21.21 m (69ft 7in) 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in) |
27.77 m (87 ft 10 in) 21.21 m (69ft 7in) 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in) |
32.51 m (106 ft 8 in) 23.24 m (76ft 3in) 7.57 m (24 ft 10 in) |
36.40 m (119 ft 4 in) 23.24 m (76ft 3in) 7.51 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Engines Takeoff thrust Thrust APR |
GE CF34-3Aq (2) 38.83 kN (8,729 lbf) 41.01 kN (9,220 lbf) |
GE CF34-3B1 (2) 38.83 kN (8,729 lbf) 41.01 kN (9,220 lbf) |
GE CF34-8C1 (2) 56.4 kN (12,670 lbf) 61.3 kN (13,790 lbf) |
GE CF34-8C5 (2) 58.4 kN (13,123 lbf) 63.4 kN (14,255 lbf) |
| Max Zero Fuel Weight (ZFW) Max payload |
19,958 kg (44,000 lb) 6,124 kg (13,500 lb) |
19,958 kg (44,000 lb) 6,124 kg (13,500 lb) |
28,801 kg (63,495 lb) 8,527 kg (18,800 lb) |
32,024 kg (70,600 lb) 10,319 kg (22,750 lb) |
| Maximum range | ER: 3,000 km (1,864 mi) LR: 3,710 km (2,005 mi) |
ER: 3,045 km (1,895 mi) LR: 3,713 km (2,300 mi) |
3,121 km (1,939 mi) ER: 3,676 km (2,284 mi) |
2,887 km (1,794 mi) ER: 3,327 km (2,067 mi) |
| Seating capacity | 50 pass. | 50 pass. | 70 pass. | 86 pass. |
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