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The many challenges facing regional airlines

by Addison Schonland | May 25, 2023 | Airlines | 0 comments

The regional airline business is tough the world over. It faces scale-driven challenges – smaller planes, shorter routes, and higher costs. But it also operates in a space about seeing a sea change in technology—the worst of times, and yet the most exciting of...

ATR’s Prime Air deal

by Ernest Arvai | Sep 27, 2021 | Airlines | 1 comment

On September 15th a picture emerged of Prime’s new ATR freighter. The story has stayed under the radar so far, especially since the key players have been keeping things under wraps. The pictured aircraft is a 2009 vintage ATR72-500, previously operated by Aurigny...

Since there is no new regional jet that is Scope Clause complaint, let’s talk about Turboprops

by Addison Schonland | Mar 31, 2021 | Aerospace | 0 comments

The US airline industry faces a hurdle found nowhere else, a Scope Clause that limits regional airlines to protect pilots at the Big Three Network airlines, American, Delta, and United. While this limit is seen as a sort of tyranny among airline managers, its...

ATR is back in the US

by Addison Schonland | Apr 23, 2019 | ATR | 0 comments

Yesterday an ATR carried passengers in the US again. Silver Airways yesterday launched its regularly scheduled flights aboard its new ATR -600 series. The first flight departed Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport at 10:40 a.m. and arrived at Key West...

ATR stable on turnover, but lower on sales and deliveries

by Richard Schuurman | Jan 31, 2019 | ATR | 0 comments

Turboprop manufacturer ATR stabilized its turnover in 2018, booking a result of $1.8bln identical to the previous year. However, sales and deliveries were below the record-level of 2017, the Franco-Italian OEM reported on January 31. 2017 had been an outstanding year,...

The many challenges facing regional airlines

ATR’s Prime Air deal

Since there is no new regional jet that is Scope Clause complaint, let’s talk about Turboprops

ATR is back in the US

ATR stable on turnover, but lower on sales and deliveries

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