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I've wondered a bit about this. Would people be up for cheaper ticket prices, but slower (300-500 kph) air travel ? Suppose there was a local flight from local

• astrodust 10y ago
  Some regional airlines use turboprop planes which are basically that speed. They're slower, but cheaper. Thing is they're only suitable for shorter hops.
• dingaling 10y ago
  Airlines already operate their jet fleets at or near the optimum fuel-burn-vs-time point; further reducing speed would actually make them less economical due to longer cruise times. There are occasions when crews will dial-in a higher Cost Index ( CI ), which tells the flight management computer to bias towards higher speed rather than lowest fuel consumption. But in general they are instructed to use specific CIs that reflect the airline's costs. With the drop in oil prices some airlines have chosen to raise their default CIs, keeping costs the same whilst slightly increasing speed, whereas others have chosen to keep the CI unchanged and to profit from the additional margin.
• tylerpachal 10y ago
  We have an airline like this in Canada called Porter[0]. They do short flights with ruby props around Eastern/Atlantic Canada as well as the Eastern United States. Usually their tickets are a little bit cheaper however I think their biggest selling feature is that their planes are allowed to land at the Toronto Island airport (which is downtown and a lot closer than the bigger airport) where jet planes are not allowed because they are too noisy. [1]: https://www.flyporter.com/ https://www.flyporter.com/