Originally Posted by
saabguy493
The Saab is less efficient than a CL65??? I am pretty sure passenger mile for mile cost, I think the Saab is still more efficient.
But if you're going to carry 50 pax, the saab needs to make TWO trips...there goes your efficiency advantage.
If there are enough pax to fill a larger airplane, the larger airplane is almost always more efficient. But since pax love frequency, we often operate multiple flights with smaller aircraft rather than one large airplane daily.
We are seeing the same thing with mainline...one 737 replacing 2-3 RJ's.