Bombardier CRJ900
Up to 90 seats — the most-built of the larger CRJs, and the last one off the line · First flight 2001 · In service 2003
The CRJ900 was formally launched in July 2000. Bombardier built the first one by adding longer fuselage plugs to the prototype CRJ700, C-FRJX, and it flew on 21 February 2001, five months ahead of schedule. Mesa Air Group was the launch customer, taking the first aircraft in America West colours in April 2003.
With up to 90 seats, rear strakes and CF34-8C5 engines, the CRJ900 cruises higher and faster than the CRJ700. The CRJ900 NextGen of 2007, launched by Mesaba (now Endeavor Air), brought better fuel economy and a new cabin; Lufthansa ordered eight in 2010 and Adria Airways flew it on its European routes. The CRJ705 was a 75-seat version made for Air Canada Jazz to meet its pilot contract.
Some 487 CRJ900s were delivered, plus 16 CRJ705s. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries took over the CRJ programme on 1 June 2020, and the final CRJ ever built, a CRJ900 for SkyWest, was delivered on 28 February 2021.
