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Old 29th Nov 2007, 01:02
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May I make appeal to the collective wisdom of PPRUNE about the differences regarding perfomance, turn around time (and daily use), severe weather operations between the two aircraft and any other aspect that you like to point out.
Very crudely:

TP has slower max and cruise speeds, lower max and cruise altitudes, shorter takeoff and landing requirements, possibly better Xwind capability, and are generally smaller aircraft. TP also has generally better fuel burn.

Turn around time should be similar all other things being equal (but since the prop is smaller usually can turn round the load faster).

Both are equally good (or bad) in poor weather but jet may have more chance to get over the top of it.

Conventional wisdom is that all the above favour TP on shorter, thinner routes, especially to smaller airfields. Jets win out on longer routes especially to/from hubs.
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