A Fairchild Swearingen Metro II and a de Havilland Dash-7 share apron space with a Boeing 747.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 747 - СШАUSA - 1969De Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash-7 - КанадаCanada - 1975Fairchild Metro / Merlin IV - СШАUSA - 1969

The Beech C99 taxies past a Boeing 727

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Beechcraft Model 99 Airliner - СШАUSA - 1966Boeing Boeing 727 - СШАUSA - 1963

Product of a joint Swedish-American development and production programme, the Saab-Fairchild SF 340 will enter service with Crossair, the first customer, in 1984.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: SAAB SAAB 340 - ШвецияSweden - 1983SAAB SAAB 340 - ШвецияSweden - 1983

Product of a joint Swedish-American development and production programme, the Saab-Fairchild SF 340 will enter service with Crossair, the first customer, in 1984.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: SAAB SAAB 340 - ШвецияSweden - 1983SAAB SAAB 340 - ШвецияSweden - 1983

The Fokker F27 has emerged as the world's best-selling turboprop-twin to date, with a substantial proportion of the 700-plus built serving with regional operators. The example illustrated is a Mk 600RF in AirTanzania service.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fokker F.27 Friendship - НидерландыNetherlands - 1955

The Fokker F27 has outsold the HS.748 in the regional airline market, and both types may be further developed to meet continuing demand.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fokker F.27 Friendship - НидерландыNetherlands - 1955

The British Aerospace HS.748 - a product of the original Avro company at Manchester - has gained a new lease of life selling to regional airlines, many of which have adopted colourful and distinctive liveries, such as Bahamasair as illustrated.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker-Siddeley Andover / HS.748 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1960

The De Havilland Canada Dash-8, illustrated in NorOntair colours, will enter service in 1984 as a smaller derivative of the Dash-7 design.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash-8 - КанадаCanada - 1983

The EMBRAER EMB-121 Brasilia, to enter service in 1984.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia - БразилияBrazil - 1983

Largest of the new generation of regional airliners now under development is the Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42, a joint Franco-Italian project.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: ATR ATR 42 - InternationalInternational - 1984

The British Aerospace Jetstream 31, newly certificated, is about to enter service with Mall Airways in the New York state area.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page/BAe Jetstream / H.P.137 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1967

The CASA-Nurtanio CN 235, under joint development in Spain and Indonesia

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: CASA CN.235 - InternationalInternational - 1983

At the upper end of the wide spectrum of aircraft likely to interest the regional airlines is the British Aerospace 146, depicted here in British Air Ferries colours, in which it will he flying later this year on route proving trials.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: BAe BAe-146 / RJ - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1981

Also attracting orders from the regional airlines is the Fokker F28, with which the 146 will compete.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fokker F.28 Fellowship - НидерландыNetherlands - 1967

De Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 as used on regional network of NorOntair in northern Canada.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter - КанадаCanada - 1965

The GAF N.22 Nomad has achieved limited success as a regional airliner, but production is to end soon.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: GAF N22 Nomad - АвстралияAustralia - 1971

Shorts 330 (originally SD3-30) turboprop twins are operated by several US regional airlines.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short SD.330 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1974

Evolved from the Skyvan specifically to meet the needs of the regional airlines, the Shorts 330 has sold steadily if somewhat slowly. It is now being complemented, and may eventually be succeeded, by the Shorts 360 with more capacity and a better streamlined rear fuselage.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short SD.330 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1974

De Havilland Canada's Dash-7 offers regional operators a specialised STOL performance.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash-7 - КанадаCanada - 1975

EMBRAER EMB-110C Bandeirante, one of the early commuter airline versions of this Brazilian transport, in service with Transportes Aereos Regionais da Bacia Amazonica SA (TABA), operating in Brazil's Amazon region.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Embraer EMB-110 Banderiante - БразилияBrazil - 1968

Also enjoying current success in the USA, as in many other parts of the world, is Brazil’s EMB-110 Bandeirante.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Embraer EMB-110 Banderiante - БразилияBrazil - 1968

A Nurtanio-assembled CASA 212C Aviocar operated in Indonesia by Bouraq Indonesian Airlines.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: CASA C-212 Aviocar - ИспанияSpain - 1971

A few commuter airlines continue to operate services requiring the use of flying boats or amphibians, such as the Grumman G-111 (a refurbished HU-16 Albatross) shown here in Chalk's livery.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman UF/HU-16/JR2F/G-64 Albatross - СШАUSA - 1947

The first example of the Dornier 228-100, in service with AS Norving.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Dornier Do.228 - ГерманияGermany - 1981

The production prototype of the Ahrens AR 404, development of which is now in abeyance.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Ahrens AR-404 - СШАUSA - 1976

A stretched derivative of the HS.748 is under study by British Aerospace, one possible configuration being illustrated.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: BAe ATP - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1986

Beech Aircraft has re-entered the regional airliner market by putting back into production the Model 99 and launching the Model 1900. Illustrated is a Beech 99 of Mississippi Valley Airlines.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Beechcraft Model 99 Airliner - СШАUSA - 1966

The Pilatus Britten-Norman Trislander, an extrapolation of the highly successful Islander, in the livery of Trans-Jamaican Airlines Ltd.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk III Trislander - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1970

The Fairchild-Swearingen Metro is one of the best-selling turboprop regional airliners of US origin.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairchild Metro / Merlin IV - СШАUSA - 1969

Shorts 360 has been developed from the 330 and will enter service later this year, having been ordered to date by nine operators.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Short 360 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1981