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How many people can an airplane carry? Depends on the aircraft. Some planes such as the 787 and 320 can carry up too 250 passengers, While an Embraer 145 can only hold about 25-45.
Aircraft can range from a light jet of 4 passengers to a large cabin jet with global reach. The size of the aircraft fraction or share depends on the number of hours you need to fly per year. A âfull shareâ is considered to be 800 hours per year and equal in cost to the full retail price of the plane.