For the first time, RAA participated in the University Aviation Association Fall Education Conference this week in Indianapolis.  Senior Vice President-Operations and Safety Scott Foose gave his perspective on the importance of "Educating Tomorrow's Aviation Professionals" during the Opening General Session.  The panel discussion also featured RAA Airline Member Wayne Heller, Executive Vice  President and COO of Republic Airways Holdings.
 
Click here to view Scott's presentation and visit www.UAA.aero for more information about the three-day conference.

RAA President Roger Cohen presented today at ACI-NA's 2011 Marketing & Communications Conference and JumpStart in Cleveland, June 20-23, 2011. Click here to see his presentation for the regional airline perspective of partnering.

February 16, 2011

Washington, DC—Regional carrier enplanements are forecast to increase 3.4% to 170.0 million in 2011, and continue to grow 2.8% annually reaching 295.9 million by 2031, the FAA released during its recent 36th Annual Aviation Forecast Conference in Washington, D.C.  Regional carrier RPMs are expected to increase 4.3% in 2011 and continue to rise at an average annual rate of 4.1% for the remaining 20 years of the forecast period.

While the regional airline industry has been asked to evolve and adapt about every 10 years, through it all, this sector has become increasingly relevant, MIT's Bill Swelbar told RAA Fall Meeting attendees. Click here to read his full remarks on his two favorite subjects: the regional airline sector and labor issues.
 
OAG's Sandy Rederer noted that while premium-fare air travel collapsed in 2009, off by more than 30%, a gradual recovery has been noted in 2010.  He forecasts the continuing recovery of the economy can boost both business and leisure travel from current levels.  Airline alliances are getting stronger with mainline mergers back in fashion, he underlined in his presentation. Click here to view.
 
US Regional Airline Fact Sheet is updated with first half 2010 statistics. Click here to view. 

Click here to view Roger Cohen's Presentation from the NTSB Airline Code-Sharing Symposium.
Download the RAA Press Release here.

All NTSB Panelists presentations can be found here.

The development of the US code-sharing system between major and regional carriers during the past two decades has provided a safe, professional and reliable system for the traveling public, RAA President Roger Cohen underlined during his presentation today at the NTSB Code-Sharing Symposium in Washington, DC.  “As passengers expect, regional airlines fly under the same gold standards as the majors:  there is one level of safety," said Roger Cohen, underlining that on a voluntary basis, regional carriers have incorporated and advanced numerous safety programs such as ASAP, FOQA and others.

Roger Cohen joined RAA Board Member Joseph Randell, Jazz Air President & CEO on a panel to discuss the regional airline market.  View Roger Cohen's presentation here.  View Joseph Randell's presentation here.

October 4: US Valuation Conference

Panel:  Stage Two: Regional market analysis

What is the net effect of regional aircraft in the world? What will be done with CRJ200, ERJ145, CRJ900s and Ejets 170 and 190? How is the regional market changing?
Bob Agnew , President & CEO, Morten Beyer & Agnew
Joseph Randell , President and CEO, Jazz Air
Roger Cohen , President , Regional Airline Association

Emphasizing regional airlines provide the only scheduled air service to 492 airports, about three quarters of the nation's airports, RAA President Roger Cohen revealed that the current regional share of flights at New York's LaGuardia Airport is 54 percent and 21 percent at JFK, while nearby Newark regional flights total 47 percent. Click here for these statistics and others from Roger's NY Airports Conference presentation on June 14, 2010.

Vice President Scott Foose outlined RAA's effort to fill the fatigue science gap during a panel discussion at FAA's June 7-10, 2010 Global Safety Management conference in New Orleans. RAA's multi-phase research on pilot fatigue and education focuses on multi-segment flight operations by US domestic airlines.  Click here for Scott's presentation,  and for more general information about the FAA event click here bit.ly/capKPN

Read the full RAA press release.

Tuesday, March 9: Former RAA Board Member,  Bryan Bedford (President and CEO, Republic Airways) will be a panelist  on "Will recovery in aviation lead to a transformed industry?"

Wednesday, March 10: RAA President Roger Cohen will be a panelist on New Decade.......Dawn or Dusk for Regional Carriers?

View Roger Cohen's Presentation-here.

*NEW* Roger Cohen Presentation with annotations- download here

For a full agenda, click here.