BMI Regional satisfies a business market by linking regional UK airports together and connecting 'secondary' UK airports with destinations in Western Europe.

Flybe, Europe's largest independent regional is currently implementing a cost-cutting plan involving schedule streamlining, the removal of seven aircraft from service and job losses in the UK.

Rex has become Australia's second-largest domestic carrier flying services linking small communities in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

Germanwings is set for a rapid increase in its operations over the next two years.

Flybe, Europe's largest independent regional currently operates a fleet that includes 45 Dash 8 Q400s.

Flybe, Europe's largest independent regional is currently implementing a cost-cutting plan involving schedule streamlining, the removal of seven aircraft from service and job losses in the UK.

Encore, a subsidiary of Canada's Boeing 737 equipped WestJet, will start Q400 services from Calgary and Toronto to remote communities in British Columbia this year.

Austrian independent airline InterSky took over the former airberlin service between Karlsruhe and Hamburg because the route has a steady demand from business travellers.