Originally Posted by
BiggAW
Not at all. It doesn't seem that anyone has actually *TRIED* them, other than AS.
They were tried back in the stone age of commercial aviation when they still chiseled the propellers out of rock.The firs time I flew as a wee mouse back in the 1970s, it was a Republic flight that started out with something like GRR-LAN-DTW and then another stop or two to MCO
And then deregulation happened and airlines and market determined they only made sense for:
1. Regions with a need for mixed cargo and passenger service that are off the road grid (Alaska)
2. Island regions where a mid to large-sized plane makes sense for passengers and cargo (the still running Micronesia island hopper- see the thread in the United forum for details)
3. Very small EAS airports where they're trying to fill up one small Dash or such between two airports for the 2x daily service to Denver or Seattle. I think Cape Air still has a few of these.