A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL AIRLINE SAFETY IN THE NEW REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

Present and projected growth in the airline industry will catapault U.S. passenger emplanements to over 1 billion annually early in the first decade of the 21st century. Regional airlines will account for 10% of this total. Despite recent changes to regulations controlling regional operations, which were initiated by public and governmental concerns, questions still remain regarding the level of safety in this sector of the industry. Numerous factors have been postulated to be causes of the safety record of this segment of the airline industry. The current study employs empirical methods to develop a clear correlation between these factors in both major domestic and regional airlines for comparison purposes. The results confirm the authors' contention that there is a statistically significant difference between major airline operations and regional air carrier operations. However, there is some preliminary evidence that the safety gap between regional and major carriers is narrowing after the legislation of more stringent rules and enforcement of safety regulation for regional carriers.

• Record URL:
  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015047810828?urlappend=%3Bseq=273
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7938948
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Vasigh, B
  • Helmkay, S
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 59-75
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 54
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Air transportation policy; Airlines; Aviation safety; Regional airlines; Regulatory reform; Transportation operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Domestic airlines; Safety regulations
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00792585
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 12 2000 12:00AM