Regional Jets Stats...Krueger's complaint was directed at the industrywide shift toward smaller
regional jets on longer flights, a trend that reflects the difficulty carriers have
had filling bigger planes.
Regional jets were used in June for 36 percent of 300- to 999-mile domestic
flights, according to Back Aviation Solutions. That's up 17 percent from June
2000 and comes as the proportion of narrow-bodied jets used for that distance
fell from 71 percent to 57 percent over the same period.