Bombardier Learjet 75 Liberty vs Gulfstream G280

Commercial aircraft are often compared by category, range, and passenger capacity, which tend to scale together. Regional aircraft, including small regional jets and turboprops, typically serve short routes and prioritize frequent departures to smaller airports; they commonly seat about 30 to 90 passengers and are used on sectors roughly a few hundred to around 1,500 miles depending on model and conditions. Single-aisle narrowbody jets are the workhorses of domestic and short-to-medium international travel, generally carrying about 140 to 240 passengers with typical ranges around 2,000 to 4,000 miles, with longer-range variants pushing farther. Widebody twin-aisle jets are built for medium-to-long-haul missions, often seating about 250 to 400+ passengers and flying roughly 5,000 to 9,000+ miles, making them common on transoceanic routes. Very large aircraft, where used, trade frequency for volume on dense trunk routes, often carrying 450+ passengers with long-haul capability. In general, larger categories increase capacity and comfort options, while range depends strongly on payload, cabin layout, and airline operating choices.