Fleet Forward: Regional Airlines Plan For The Future

Maeve jet concept art

The MJ500 is a CRJ-inspired 76-100-seat hybrid-electric aircraft featuring a low-set swept wing and aft-mounted open-rotor/stator propulsors.

Credit: Maeve Aerospace
Fifty years ago, an effort was taking shape to advocate for the interests of what were then known as commuter airlines. “The war in Vietnam ended that year, Saturday Night Live started, Jaws was at the movies, and the Concorde crossed the Atlantic four times in one day,” CommuteAir founder and...
Christine Boynton

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