Originally Posted by
Jake Wheeler
50 seaters are going the way of the 727. Too expensive to fly for the amount of passengers it carries. 70 seaters and bigger at the newer carriers like Republic, Airtrans and Skywest are much more economical.
Until Q400's (or some other high speed/high capacity efficient turbo prop comes around) start getting mass produced, the 50 seat airframe will always have a place. Just not nearly on the scale it does now.