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This blog now undertakes its exercise of tracking annual changes in the in-service regional jet passenger fleet. It relies extensively on planespotters.net data.

The family view

The table below shows the evolution of the regional jet passenger fleet by aircraft family:

Family	2025-12-31 Count	YoY Change	Deliveries	Net Retirements
AVRO	40	(9)	0	9
C909	168	21	23	2
E Jet	936	32	34	2
ERJ	446	9	0	(9)
Fokker	84	(9)	0	9
CRJ	1048	22	0	(22)
SSJ	156	0	0	0
Total	2,878	66	57	(9)

The overall in-service regional jet fleet had negative net retirements in 2025. This is because airlines, notably in the USA, are restoring regional jet connectivity. This is reflected in the negative net retirements for the CRJ (22) and ERJ (9) families. The only two families with significant net retirements were AVRO and Fokker regional jets, with 9 each. The latter is largely driven by Australian Airlines’ replacement of older aircraft.

The five-year view

From 2020-12-31 until 2025-12-31, the regional jet fleet increased by 114 units, driven by 292 deliveries (147 E175s, 117 C909s, 25 SSJs, and three CRJs) and 178 retirements. Most of the retirements were in CRJs (192), Fokkers (48), and Avros (39). Note that the year-end 2020 active regional jet fleet tally was depressed by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is reflected in the negative number of net retirements for the ERJ (73) and E Jet (22) families.

With Bombardier/MHI stopping the CRJ production, its in-service market share decreased from 45% to 36% over the period. The only two OEMs with meaningful regional jet deliveries, Embraer and Comac, increased their in-service market share from 41% to 48% and 2% to 6%, respectively.

With no new regional jet program or variant launch expected anytime soon, expect the current trend of moderate fleet increase to continue.