After a tumultuous year, RAA members take stock
What will the regional airline industry look like when the economic dust settles? That’s the question the Regional Airline Association challenged its panel
What will the regional airline industry look like when the economic dust settles? That’s the question the Regional Airline Association challenged its panelists to answer at the RAA fall meeting, held October 28 and 29 in Washington, D.C.
Association president Roger Cohen pointed out that the landscape for the regional sector has changed dramatically since the association gathered last year. “A year ago the regionals were growing so quickly that they were blamed for causing congestion in the ATC system and were hungry to hire pilots. Now we’re making furloughs and cutting capacity,” he said. “No one has been immune to the loss of 10 to 12 percent in capacity since this time last year.”
