I am not in the airline industry but am an interested amateur member-of-the-public observerof the scene.
I would be grateful if any of you from within would comment on this.
A year or two ago I read that the reason why the likes of BA Citiexpress (as they now are) were converting from turbo props such as the DH8 to similarly-sized passenger equipment such as the ERJ 145 was that the jets were more economical as a resource.
From some of the posts in this thread I come away with the impression that the smaller RJs are not that economical for an airline . Why then, did such as BA Citiexpress ditch the turbos for the RJs? I appreciate the jets are faster but could an extra daily rotation be operated within say the UK by a RJ as opposed to a turbo prop?
Thanks for any replies.