On my travels to Europe, I’ve seen this little plane with four engines on numerous occasions. They are typically flown by Lufthansa or Swiss, this time I got to sit in one. It was the AVRO RJ 85/100. It had an interest 2-3 seating configuration, which made it possible for about 95 passengers. The item that most stands out on this type is the engines, they looked huge for a plane of this size when I was sitting next to it or when looking at it from the ground. The fact that there were four of them, I wonder if that’s a case of German over engineering.
The seats were standard, although the overhead bins were smaller than expected when compared to those on the Boeing 737 or the Airbus A320 series. One complaint I had about this plane was the air circulation system, on take off or landing, there was a funny whiny noise on my plane, I don’t know if this is typical of the class, but it sure was annoying. 
Surprisingly, plane had a range of 3000 km, which made it on par with the A319 and just about 600 km less than the A320. There were definitely fewer seats in comparison though, and it seems to be taking routes very similar to those handled by the A319. Definitely a short haul, the trip from Hannover to Zurich lasted just over 90 minutes. 
Service wise, there was nothing outstanding on such a short haul flight, but, the milk chocolate that Swiss Air gives continues to win them little props, now if they were only dark chocolate. Ah, but one can only hope.
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