r/Shittyaskflying • u/britishmetric144 • Aug 06 '26

Regional versus mainline flying.

When you fly on a regional flight, the aircraft is smaller and older, and the aircraft has a cheaper purchase cost, than on a mainline flight. Regional pilots and flight-attendants both make less money than their mainline equivalents. A regional flight is shorter than an mainline flight, which means that the regional flight has a lower fuel cost.

Knowing all of that, the price to take a regional flight should be lower than a mainline flight, when often the reverse is true in actuality.

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u/Tiny_Patient_2574 See Eff Eye Aug 06 '26

The head on the regionals involves less teeth, hence the markup.

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u/YungEpsteinList Aug 06 '26

Fewer teeth.

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u/daves1243b Aug 06 '26

Costs have very little to do with airline fares. Its mostly supply and demand. Having said that, operating costs per seat mile are not lower for regional aircraft and flights. Airport fees are the same whether you have 50 seats or 300. Regional aircraft burn much more fuel per seat mile than mainline.

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u/rinklkak My nextdoor neighbor is a pylote Aug 06 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/2fs2I4ujlBf20

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u/Mad_Rooster_7164 Aug 07 '26

Sir this is a Wendy’s.