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Hatfield and Woodford lineage

How British Aerospace built the aircraft families that define its reputation

British Aerospace coverage spans regional jets and later corporate-jet support across 1 Airchive families, balancing active fleets with historically important retired types.

This manufacturer page clusters 1 current and historic jet families under a single lineage view so crawlers and readers can move from maker to family to variant without URL duplication or taxonomy drift.

Airchive groups British Aerospace aircraft by family first, which keeps regional jet lineage readable instead of scattering it across disconnected model pages.

Families

Programs in scope

British AerospaceRegional jetPartially retired

BAe 146 / Avro RJ family

The high-lift four-engine regional jet family built for city airports, steep approaches, and unusual operating niches.

First flight

1981

Seating

70 to 112

Forum pulse

48

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Range band

1,800 nm

Notable operators

Swissair · CityJet · Lufthansa CityLine · Brussels Airlines

No manufacturer-wide editorial stories are attached yet. The manufacturer directory is still live as a lineage map across active and historical aircraft families.