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On 11 August 1995 Embraer's ERJ-145, a 50-seat regional jet with rear-mounted engines, flew for the first time at São José dos Campos with 18 firm orders, 16 options and 127 letters of intent.

Bombardier flew the first CRJ900 prototype, a modified CRJ700, from Mirabel on 21 February 2001, five months ahead of schedule and less than seven months after launching the 86-seat regional jet.

On 19 February 2002 the first Embraer 170, PP-XJE, took off from São José dos Campos, the maiden flight of the four-abreast E-Jet family that went on to take the 70-130 seat market.

Embraer's first E190, PP-XMA, flew on 12 March 2004 from São José dos Campos, starting the flight-test campaign for the 98-108 seat stretch that JetBlue launched.

Air Canada began flying the first Embraer E175, C-FEIQ, on 19 July 2005, according to Embraer, making the Canadian airline the launch operator of the stretched 76-to-78-seat E-Jet that became the dominant US regional jet.

On 14 December 2010 Bombardier showcased and began delivering the first two CRJ1000 NextGen jets, the 100-seat largest CRJ, to launch customers Air Nostrum of Spain and Brit Air of France at its Mirabel plant.