22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-1.2.1 (IL)
728 : A NEW FAMILY OF REGIONAL TRANSPORTS AIRCRAFT
R. Birrenbach
Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH
Keywords: progress in aircraft systems
Future traffic growth in regional transport can be
served by bigger aircraft operated in the hub and
spoke system and by more direct links. The 4 major
alliances having more and more impact on regional
air traffic now. The fierce competition is down to 3
OEM’s. Regional aircraft have to offer comfort and
operation like airliner but at lower cost. Higher
aircraft system integration and fly by wire flight
controls are good examples of technical
improvements. Design for operational commonality
can produce attractive cost savings in investment
and operation of different capacity size family of
aircraft.
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