page_title: Airliner
section_title: Current manufacturers
hierarchical_section_title: Airliner / Current manufacturers
caption_attribution_description: Everett assembly line
context_page_description: An airliner is a type of aircraft for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. Although the definition of an airliner can vary from country to country, an airliner is typically defined as an airplane intended for carrying multiple passengers or cargo in commercial service. The largest of them are wide-body jets which are also called twin-aisle because they generally have two separate aisles running from the front to the back of the passenger cabin. These are usually used for long-haul flights between airline hubs and major cities. A smaller, more common class of airliners is the narrow-body or single-aisle. These are generally used for short to medium-distance flights with fewer passengers than their wide-body counterparts.
  Regional airliners typically seat fewer than 100 passengers and may be powered by turbofans or turboprops. These airliners are the non-mainline counterparts to the larger aircraft operated by the major carriers, legacy carriers, and flag carriers, and are used to feed traffic into the large airline hubs. These regional routes then form the spokes of a hub-and-spoke air transport model.
context_section_description: The major manufacturers with airliners currently in production include:
  Airbus (France/Germany/Spain/United Kingdom)
  Antonov (Ukraine)
  ATR Aircraft (France/Italy)
  Boeing (United States)
  Bombardier Aerospace (Canada)
  Comac (China)
  Embraer (Brazil)
  Let Kunovice (Czech Republic)
  Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (Japan)
  United Aircraft Corporation (Russia, includes Tupolev, Yakovlev, Sukhoi, Ilyushin, and others)
  Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation (China)
  The narrow-body and wide-body airliner market is dominated by Airbus and Boeing, and the regional airliner market is mostly split between ATR Aircraft, Bombardier Aerospace, and Embraer.
  Setting up a reliable customer support network, ensuring uptime, availability and support 24/7 and anywhere, is critical for the success of airliner manufacturers.
  Boeing and Airbus are ranked 1 and 2 in customer satisfaction for aftermarket support by a survey by Inside MRO and Air Transport World, and this is a reason why Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation purchased the Bombardier CRJ program.
  It is an entry barrier for new entrants like the Xian MA700 and Comac C919, with no credible previous experience with the MA60, or the Irkut MC-21 after the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
caption: Assembly of a Boeing 767 nose section
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