In Virginia, an aviation company is working on an idea to emblazon company logos on head guards that are then placed on the upper edge of the doorway on regional airplanes.
Business travelers have long complained about uncomfortable regional airplanes, but recent revelations about low pay for the crew and sketchy rest standards are raising new questions about a more unsettling topic: safety.
Since 1990, four of the top five airports with the biggest gains in traffic, including Baltimore/Washington, Salt Lake City and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., are served by low-cost airlines, according to Mr. Swelbar of M.I.T. Smaller airports may also fall victim to the phasing out of regional airplanes, like the MD-80s, which many airlines are grounding or permanently phasing out.
From the results of RANS simulations on a modular model of a representative regional turboprop airplane layout, the authors have developed a modern method to evaluate the vertical tail and fuselage contributions to aircraft directional stability.
Less sophisticated regional transport airplanes still ensures higher margins of evolution because they still present some technological delays if compared to the long-range airliners.
Otherwise, you can window-shop, read regional billboards, watch airplanes, or simply look around.
Separately on Thursday, Air Canada Jazz, a regional airline, confirmed that it had removed life vests from its airplanes to reduce fuel consumption by carrying less weight.
The current rules set separate financing standards for large airplanes and regional jets with 100 or fewer seats.
Another reason is the proliferation of smaller commercial airplanes called regional jets, many seating well under 100 people, which are supplanting bigger planes.
With its speed and convenience, high-speed rail could revolutionize travel in the United States by offering an attractive alternative to cars and airplanes for regional trips.
