RAA 2026

North American regional airlines are recovering from pandemic lows, facing pilot shortages and exploring new tech to meet demand for underserved small communities.

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, who took up the role in July 2025, explains what a focus on safety means under his leadership.

The US regional airline sector has stabilized, although hurdles remain to fully restoring air connectivity across America’s small communities.

Regional airliner manufacturers are increasingly trying to offer products that match the type of onboard service that U.S. passengers expect from mainline experience.

ATR names Vittorio Lorenzo Della Bella as CEO and Patrick Bergues as CFO, signaling leadership changes as the turboprop maker plans growth and recovery.

ATR has unveiled its concept for 50-seat, three-class ATR 72 cabin, displaying the mockup at RAA’s Leaders Conference in Washington.

The U.S. has built one of the world’s most extensive transportation networks. Yet, over the past two decades, its regional air connectivity has contracted.

Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation wants to examine how dollars have been allocated in the past, amid calls for more ATC funding.

The cost of not modernizing the U.S. national airspace system (NAS) would be well over $1 trillion, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford has warned.

JSX plans to use the hybrid-electric ES-36 on short point-to-point routes.

ATR is broadening its push for a renewed U.S. market share, unveiling a 50-seat three-class ATR 72 cabin.

Artificial intelligence technology will be an important productivity tool for airlines but will not and should not replace humans, aviation experts believe.

U.S. regional airlines must be technology-focused to transition through a challenging environment and into the opportunities ahead, CommuteAir's CEO believes.

U.S. regional airlines drove all growth in scheduled passenger departures during 2025.

Since 1967, Britten-Norman has delivered 1,254 aircraft.

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has awarded nearly $12 million to 14 communities.

Heart Aerospace has unveiled a substantial redesign of its planned electric regional aircraft and a deposit-backed purchase agreement from JSX for an initial 50 aircraft, with purchase rights for another 50.

Europe’s Clean Aviation research program has announced funding for 19 projects totaling $760 million.

Using airport taxiways, heliports and even a drag strip, Electra has demonstrated short-haul regional flights connecting locations across Virginia in the US.

FLY91 orders 40 ATR 72-600s, marking the largest ATR order by a regional airline globally, as it plans rapid fleet expansion to boost India’s connectivity.

Faye Malarkey Black and Christopher Sununu urge Congress to act quickly on aviation safety.