The Fairchild Dornier 428JET was a program undertaken by American company

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to develop a 44-seat

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. The program was part of a broader attempt by the company to develop a family of regional jets, comprising the

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, 428JET, and the 728 series. This family of aircraft was designed to compete with the

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and

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families. The aircraft was announced on May 19, 1998. It was cancelled in August 2000.

Design and development

The 428JET would have been a stretched version of the

, seating 44 in comparison to the 328JET's 34. Additionally, the two aircraft would have shared the same

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. Plans were for the 428JET to be assembled in

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.428JET to be built in Israel
, Flug Revue. Retrieved 2008-01-04. In the end, changing market conditions made a 44-seat airplane like the 428JET inferior to 50 seat aircraft, which have nearly the same operating and procurement costs yet higher profits due to having more seats. This caused the company to cancel the 428JET on August 8, 2000.

Orders

At the time of cancellation, the aircraft had 39 firm orders with another 88 options (55 of these options could be taken on either the 328JET or 428JET). Companies ordering the airplane were

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(30),

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CityLiner (2).

Specifications

References

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Design and development

Orders

Specifications

See also

References