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For short haul pertaining to hours in flight, see: Flight length

The following is a list of commercial short-haul civilian passenger aircraft post-World War I, prior to 1978 and U.S. Airline Deregulation. Passenger aircraft used for short-haul flights have become increasingly known as regional aircraft and regional airliners. Additionally, the initial development of short-haul jet airliners were a source of national pride, for this was one market the rest of the developed world could still have hope of succeeding within, as the long-range jetliner market was all but completely dominated by the Americans after the failure of the British manufactured de Havilland Comet.

In the past, short-haul aircraft were often part of "mainline" airline fleets. Increasingly, the "short haul/short range" flying operations conducted by short-haul "regional" aircraft are being outsourced (or sub-contracted)^[1] by flag carriers, mainline carriers, and legacy carriers; to separately- but similarly-managed regional airlines.

List of commercial civilian passenger aircraft pre-war (now considered short haul airliners)

Airliners with less than 40 seats prior to World War II

File:Restored United Boeing 247.jpg

The last airworthy Boeing 247, in United Air Lines markings at Paine Field

List of commercial short-haul civilian passenger aircraft post-war prior to 1978 and U.S. Airline Deregulation

Airliners post-World War II prior to the "Jet Age"

Short-haul airliners post-Korean War and prior to 1970

(Including first-generation short-haul turbojet and turbofan airliners)

Reciprocating piston and turbine propelled short-haul airliners

The first generation short-haul "turbojet" airliners

France Aerospatiale Caravelle

The first generation short-haul "turbo fanjet" airliners

Soviet Union Tupolev Tu-124
Netherlands Fokker F28
United Kingdom Hawker Siddeley Trident
United States Douglas DC-9

For other later generation jet aircraft see: List of commercial short-haul civilian passenger "jet airliners," recent, operating, or proposed

Short-haul regional "mini airliners" with less than 40 seats prior to 1978

For an incomplete list of commercial short-haul civilian passenger "regional" airliners after 1978, see List of regional airliners

"Air-Taxis," "Commuters," and "Feederliners"

Unpressurized Feederliners and Short-Haul "Mini-Airliners"

Pressurized short-haul turboprop propelled "Mini-Airliners," the first "modern regional airliners"

Turbofan propelled first generation "Mini-Airliners," the first "regional jets"

An Aérospatiale Corvette marketed and flown under the "banner" and colors of Air France upon French regional routes, but operated by regional airline Air Alpes.

France Aérospatiale Corvette
Germany VFW-614
Soviet Union Yakovlev Yak-40

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