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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.
Weâre here to remind you that it could always be worse. So exactly how many people were on that airplane? More than there used to be. How Many People Can Fit on a Plane? The answer is simple, it depends. Though that answer is perhaps the least helpful to any fed up traveler, sadly there are just too many variables at play.