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One major issue especially in the US is airport congestion. There are just too many flights operating out of too few commercial airports. This configuration w
by aeternum 4y ago
One major issue especially in the US is airport congestion. There are just too many flights operating out of too few commercial airports. This configuration would increase congestion as it means more flights needed to service the same number of passengers.
Private jets avoid much of this congestion by performing most of their ops at smaller regional airports.
And good luck building new commercial airports, nearly impossible nowadays.
- kylehotchkiss 4y agoCouldn't this be partially resolved by converting routes with 6 departures a day on regional jets to 2 departures a day on 737/A320s? I'm thinking of the SFO-Southern California routes right now where Skywest flys the small regional jets.
- aeternum 4y agoThat could help, and modifying landing fees might be a good way to do this. Currently I believe landing fees are proportional to size/weight which doesn't make a lot of sense since a small regional jet takes just as much space in the ATC system and nearly as much space in the terminal as an A320.