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Bend alot
I would be very interested to know, who sets the ticket prices then?
I expect that the routes "sanctioned" by major partners are more a contract of a service with a minimum of "x" passenger capability for a fixed price - certainly not a ticket price. The aircraft type and capacity is then up to the regional operator/airline to make that fixed price work, and there are vast options there on aircraft to use such as age, max seating, cargo area and quality of service to work with.
In the US its set by the partner whose paint job is on the side of the aircraft. Regional carriers are contracted lift. They’re not stand alone carriers with their own ticketing/reservation system. Type/capacity is largely a function of scope and CPA.