The commercial turboprop airliner market has seen significant fluctuations over the past decade. Initially there was great interest as regional airlines started to grow; the need for airlines to feed network airline hubs meant lots of opportunities. What had been essentially a 19-seat market rapidly grew into a 30-seat aircraft market and then into today’s ~70 seaters. • We expect the turboprop passenger airplane to experience a renaissance. • Within the United States airline consolidation is in full swing. Fewer airlines mean fewer choices and higher fares. This movement is likely to be mimicked elsewhere. • As eloquently put forward by our colleague Doug Abbey in his report “Air Service to Small and Medium-Sized American Airports: Preparing for the Inevitable”