Air travelers between medium sized coastal cities in the USA are faced with a major inconvenience: they are forced by existing airline schedules to make at least one stop in a major hub with a change of airplane and, sometimes even a change in air carrier. This inconvenience translates into lost time, missing of a connection due to delays and possible loss of luggage. These inconveniences could be alleviated if non-stop, coast-to-coast small jet commuters could be designed such that they can compete with the existing transcontinental transports on a DOC per passenger seat-mile basis. It is shown that significant advances in aerodynamic and propulsion design technology will be needed to enable the profitable development of such airplanes.


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    Title :

    On the Feasibility of Small, Transcontinental Commuter Aircraft


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Roskam, Jan (author) / Wetzel, Kyle (author)

    Conference:

    General, Corporate & Regional Aviation Meeting & Exposition ; 1991



    Publication date :

    1991-04-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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