Third level and Regional Airlines

Abstract

With Sir Peter Masefield in the chair, the Royal Aeronautical Society's discussion of Third Level and Regional Airlines was opened with a Keynote Address by N. D. Norman, in which he sought to define these two types of operations by referring to the traffic progression which transforms a “commuter” airline into one which finds its aircraft too small and not capable of flying longer sectors. There appears to be three main causes for increase of traffic: the reduction of surface travel; the rising cost of surface transport; and the emergence of new industries (eg oil in the North Sea).

Citation

Ford, T.E.M. (1977), "Third level and Regional Airlines", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 49 No. 4, pp. 10-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb035383