Regional airline transportation and the requirements of developing the regional airline transportation in Turkey

Regional airline transportation is the one of the fastest growing part of the air transportation system. The regional airlines which give the service with small size capacity and generally between large and the small cities, on small and long routes make a contribution to social and economic life of the regions they serve. Regional airlines also provide easily access to that regions. In Turkey, which has been in a large geography, while more than 90% of the passenger transportation is providing through the highways, the percentage of air transportation is only 1%. This small proportion of air transportation causes some problems. Legal procedures and regulations are usually not enough about the regional air transportation in Turkey. In addition the concept of regional air transportation usually deals with in different ways. In this study through the semi-structured interviews, industry managers are interviewed on what can be done on the issue of developing the regional airline transportation in Turkey