Small Narrowbody Jets

Crossover narrowbody jet manufacturers eye Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and parts of northeast Asia as a key sales battlegrounds.

Low-cost carriers stand to gain more market access by adding crossover jets to their fleets.

Manufacturers are confident that the market will prevail, despite political issues that may affect sales in Russia.

Designers of the new generation of crossover narrowbody jets have taken into account the cabin crew.

Crossover narrowbodies—whose capacity falls between regionals and single-aisles—are almost all clean-sheet designs and have maintainability “designed in.”

The vast amount of China’s intermediate-size cities could bode well for a surge in narrowbody aircraft to serve those destinations.

Inflight entertainment/connectivity went from “nice to have” to “must have” for passengers. New-gen crossover narrowbody jets are being designed to accommodate.

Africa represents less than 10% of the world’s available seat miles, but that is about to change, and manufacturers of crossover narrowbody jets are taking note.