Last month Swiss retired their last Avro RJ100 after decades of service. It was a sad moment for us avgeeks, but from a passenger and environmental perspective, it was for the better. The airline replaced their four-engined jets with new Bombardier C-Series aircraft. This leaves Brussels Airlines, CityJet and BRA as the last remaining operators…
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I'm sad to see them go. Delightful planes which also have a "cuteness" factor.
As for noise... well, standards change. When they were launched, they were branded as "whisperjets", so quiet were they compared to their peers.
Missed out on flying these. Was always interested in them, as, when I was a child, more engines = better plane. I remember I once drew a 20 engine plane for arts class
The joke in the day was "why four engines?" "because six wouldn't fit."
I liked these things when operated by Northwest Airlink. They had the best domestic F cabin in the NW fleet with wider seats and more pitch than the mainlines. Range wasn't so great, though.
I'll miss them - I loved flying on the PSA SmileLiner back in the day. Hopefully they'll emigrate to the States or Canada and live on as fire-fighting planes.