Originally Posted by
ZeroTT
Regional flying isn’t going away just regional carriers. There isn’t demand to support all of them, just most of them
and a 200 seat a320 won’t replace 76 seat rj’s plenty of solid regional markets left
And there are plenty of airports regionals operate in where a mainline plane would never be able to go. It’s not always a matter of consolidating 5 daily flight to 1 weekly flight, or maintaining slot/gate space, or whatever frequency is required at small airports for EAS agreements. Sometimes it comes down to size and performance. You’ll never see mainline at State College, Flagstaff, Aspen, Ithaca, or any number of small airports.