Embraer ERJ 145
The first delivery of an Embraer ERJ 145 was in
december 1996.
In 2009 there are nearly 1.000 ERJ 145 airliners in service:
Continental airlines subsidiary Express Jet (270), bmi regional
(16), ...

The ERJ 145 seats 50 passengers.
The Embraer ERJ
145 is the largest version of the family. The ERJ 135 is the smallest. Bmi regional
flies both of them in 2009.

After the succes of this Regional Jets series, Embraer started the development of larger airliners, with the Embarer 170 and Embraer 190.
Embraer is a Brasilian aircraft manufacturer.