# Bombardier CRJ

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For generations of this aircraft, see [Bombardier CRJ100/200](/source/Bombardier_CRJ100%2F200) and [Bombardier CRJ700 series](/source/Bombardier_CRJ700_series).

Bombardier CRJ series Air Canada Express CRJ900 General information Type Regional jet National origin Canada Manufacturer Bombardier Aviation Status In service Primary users SkyWest Airlines Endeavor Air PSA Airlines GoJet Airlines Number built 1,945[1] History Manufactured 1991–2020 Introduction date 19 October 1992 with Lufthansa CityLine[2] First flight 10 May 1991 Developed from Bombardier Challenger 600 series Variants Bombardier CRJ100/200 Bombardier CRJ700 series

The **Bombardier CRJ**/**Mitsubishi CRJ** or **CRJ Series** (for **Canadair Regional Jet**) is a family of [regional jets](/source/Regional_jet) introduced in 1991 by [Bombardier Aerospace](/source/Bombardier_Aerospace). The CRJ was manufactured by [Bombardier Aerospace](/source/Bombardier_Aerospace) with the manufacturing of the first CRJ generation, the [CRJ100/200](/source/Bombardier_CRJ100%2F200) starting in 1991 and the second CRJ generation, the [CRJ700 series](/source/Bombardier_CRJ700_series) starting in 1999.

The CRJ programme was acquired by Japanese corporation [Mitsubishi Heavy Industries](/source/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries) (MHI RJ Aviation Group) in a deal that closed 1 June 2020. Bombardier subsequently completed the assembly of the order backlog on behalf of Mitsubishi.

Bombardier claims it is the most successful family of regional jets in the world.[3] Production ended in December 2020 after 1,945 were built.

In April 2026, Aviation Week Fleet Discovery lists about 1,300 CRJs in the global fleet, with about a third of them are built as CRJ-200s.[4]

With the exception of life-extension maintenance programmes, CRJ200s and CRJ700s can operate for 80,000 cycles, while CRJ900s and CRJ1000s have 60,000-cycle limits.[5]

## Background

The family consists of the following aircraft generations and models/derivatives:

- [CRJ100/200](/source/Bombardier_CRJ100%2F200) - [CRJ100](/source/CRJ100) – maximum of 50 passenger seats - [CRJ200](/source/CRJ200) – maximum of 50 passenger seats, improved CF34-3B1 engine - [CRJ440](/source/CRJ440) – CRJ200 limited to 44 passenger seats

- [CRJ700 series](/source/Bombardier_CRJ700_series) - [CRJ700](/source/CRJ700) – maximum of 78 passenger seats - [CRJ550](/source/CRJ550) – CRJ700 limited to 50 passenger seats - [CRJ900](/source/CRJ900) – maximum of 90 passenger seats - [CRJ705](/source/CRJ705) – CRJ900 limited to 75 passenger seats - [CRJ1000](/source/CRJ1000) – maximum of 104 passenger seats

## Divestment

As of November 2018[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bombardier_CRJ&action=edit), following Bombardier's decisions to sell the [CSeries](/source/Airbus_A220) to [Airbus](/source/Airbus) and the [Q Series](/source/Bombardier_Dash_8) to [De Havilland Canada](/source/De_Havilland_Canada), the company was looking at "strategic options" to return the CRJ to profitability. Analysts suspected that it might decide to exit the commercial aircraft market altogether and refocus on business aircraft.[6][7] That prediction came to pass on 25 June 2019, when a deal was announced to sell the CRJ programme to [Mitsubishi Heavy Industries](/source/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries), the parent company of [Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation](/source/Mitsubishi_Aircraft_Corporation).[8] Mitsubishi had a historic interest in the CRJ programme, having sounded out risk-sharing options with Bombardier, and were at one point expected to take a stake in its [SpaceJet](/source/Mitsubishi_SpaceJet) venture during the 1990s.[9][10] Bombardier ceased new sales and announced that production of the CRJ would continue at Mirabel until the current order backlog was complete.[11] The deal was to include the type certificate for the CRJ series; Bombardier worked with [Transport Canada](/source/Transport_Canada) to separate the CRJ certificate from that of the [Challenger](/source/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series).[12]

Closure of the deal was confirmed on 1 June 2020, with Bombardier's service and support activities transferred to a new Montreal-based company, MHI RJ Aviation Group.[13][14] MHI RJ has not renamed the aircraft, and its website referred simply to the **CRJ Series**.[15][16]

The final Bombardier CRJ to be produced, a CRJ900, finished production and was delivered to [SkyWest Airlines](/source/SkyWest_Airlines) on 28 February 2021.[17]

In 2021, Mitsubishi investigated restarting production on the [CRJ550](/source/Bombardier_CRJ700_series#Variants), a variant of the [CRJ700](/source/CRJ-700) limited to 50 passenger seats, similar to the nominal seating capacity of the 100/200 models. Restarting production would involve building a new plant, as the former plant is now making [Airbus A220s](/source/Airbus_A220), and taking the tooling out of storage. However, as of March 2024[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bombardier_CRJ&action=edit), Mitsubishi has not pursued a restart.[18][19][20]

## Specifications

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[Cimber Air](/source/Cimber_Air) CRJ-200

CRJ-700 (top) and CRJ-900 (bottom)

[Air Nostrum](/source/Air_Nostrum) CRJ-1000

CRJ Family Characteristics Variant CRJ100[21] CRJ200[21] CRJ700[22] CRJ900[23] CRJ1000[24] Cockpit crew Two Max. seating 50 78 90 104 Length 87 ft 10 in (26.77 m) 106 ft 1 in (32.3 m) 118 ft 11 in (36.2 m) 128 ft 5 in (39.1 m) Height 20 ft 8 in (6.3 m) 24 ft 10 in (7.6 m) 24 ft 7 in (7.5 m) Wingspan 69 ft 6 in (21.21 m) 76 ft 3 in (23.2 m) 81 ft 7 in (24.9 m) 85 ft 11 in (26.2 m) Wing area 520.4 sq ft (48.35 m2)[25] 760 sq ft (70.6 m2) 765 sq ft (71.1 m2) 833 sq ft (77.4 m2) Fuselage diameter 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) Maximum takeoff weight 51,000–53,000 lb (23,133–24,041 kg) 75,000 lb (34,019 kg) 84,500 lb (38,330 kg) 91,800 lb (41,640 kg) Operating empty weight 30,500 lb (13,835 kg) 44,245 lb (20,069 kg) 48,160 lb (21,845 kg) 51,120 lb (23,188 kg) Max. payload 13,500 lb (6,124 kg) 18,055 lb (8,190 kg) 22,590 lb (10,247 kg) 26,380 lb (11,966 kg) Max fuel 2,135 US gal (8,081 L) 14,305 lb (6,489 kg) 2,925 US gal (11,070 L) 19,595 lb (8,888 kg)[26][27] 2,903 US gal (10,990 L) 19,450 lb (8,822 kg)[28] Engines (2x) GE CF34-3A1 GE CF34-3B1 GE CF34-8C5B1 GE CF34-8C5 GE CF34-8C5A1 Takeoff thrust (2x) 8,729 lbf (38.84 kN)[25] 13,790 lbf (61.3 kN) 14,510 lbf (64.5 kN) Cruise Mach .74 – Mach .81 (424–465 kn; 786–860 km/h; 488–535 mph)[29] Mach .78 – Mach .825 (447–473.2 kn; 829–876.4 km/h; 515–544.6 mph) Range 1,305–1,700 nmi (2,417–3,148 km; 1,502–1,956 mi) 1,400 nmi (2,593 km; 1,600 mi) 1,550 nmi (2,871 km; 1,780 mi) 1,650 nmi (3,056 km; 1,900 mi) Ceiling 41,000 ft (12,496 m) Takeoff (SL, ISA, MTOW) 5,800–6,290 ft (1,770–1,920 m) 5,265 ft (1,605 m) 5,820 ft (1,770 m) 6,670 ft (2,030 m) Landing (SL, MLW) 4,850 ft (1,480 m)[29][25] 5,040 ft (1,540 m) 5,360 ft (1,630 m) 5,740 ft (1,750 m) ICAO type[30] CRJ1 CRJ2 CRJ7 CRJ9 CRJX

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Lewis, Peter. ["Mitsubishi seeks CRJ-X share."](https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/mitsubishi-seeks-crj-x-share-17530/) *Flight International*, 27 April 1996.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1996_approve_10-0)** ["Bombardier gains approval to offer stretched Regional Jet."](https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/bombardier-gains-approval-to-offer-stretched-regiona-11878/) *Flight International*, 4 September 1996.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Warwick, Graham (June 27, 2019). ["Bombardier Separating CRJ From Challenger Certificate For MHI Sale"](https://aviationweek.com/awincommercial/bombardier-separating-crj-challenger-certificate-mhi-sale). *aviationweek.com*.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["CRJ700 Factsheet"](http://mhirj-preview-files.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mhirj/2020-12/MHIRJ_CRJ700_Factsheet_FR_V1_web.pdf) (PDF). MHI RJ. 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["CRJ900 Factsheet"](http://mhirj-preview-files.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mhirj/2020-12/MHIRJ_CRJ900_Factsheet_FR_V1_web.pdf) (PDF). MHI RJ. 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** ["CRJ1000 Factsheet"](http://mhirj-preview-files.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mhirj/2020-12/MHIRJ_CRJ1000_Factsheet_FR_V1_web.pdf) (PDF). MHI RJ. 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-200FactSheet_25-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-200FactSheet_25-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-200FactSheet_25-2) ["CRJ200 Fact sheet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201959/http://www2.bombardier.com/Used_Aircraft/pdf/CRJ200_EN.pdf) (PDF). Bombardier. June 2006. Archived from [the original](https://www2.bombardier.com/Used_Aircraft/pdf/CRJ200_EN.pdf) (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

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