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The US air service trend away from smaller communities – hope on the horizon

The trend may not be news since it has been reported before (2018 and 2017). But a picture is worth 1,000 words. so take a look at this chart. The trend is clear. Both regionals and majors are flying longer legs. That means more of the US market becomes "flyover...

Airline taxi and air times

Airlines make money when their aircraft are moving, especially in the air. But it turns out that a significant amount of airline time is spent on the ground. We looked at the 24-month period from January 2015 through December 2016. The chart below shows the...

Premium #317 – The Artificially Constrained US Regional Aircraft Market

US regional airlines operated around 43.54% of US flights and carried 19.42% of all enplanements in 2015. Yet, at the same time, air service to 29 cities was lost between 2013 and 2015, and the trend is continuing. How can this be, since regional aircraft operate...

St. Helena Implementation Flight

St.Helena now has a real airport that can handle passenger aircraft. It's rare in the western world to see a new airport like this open. The island used to depend on a mail ship (those of you from the colonies know what this means) so having air service is a big...

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