Two-Class Regional Service: Has Its Time Come?
Northwest Airlink Mesaba Airlines is the first U.S. regional to offer first-class service. It had to. When Northwest decided to equip the carrier with British Aerospace Avro RJ 85 quadjets-nominally an 85-seater-to replace aging DC-9s on mainline routes, it faced a 69-seat limit in the scope clause...
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