- Ideal use
- Short routes to regional airports and short runways not always accessible to jets.
- Passengers
- 6–9 passengers (indicative)
- Suitable routes
- Routes up to about 1,000–1,500 km — Italy, Mediterranean, islands.
- Luggage
- Good but proportionate luggage capacity; bulky volumes must be checked.
- Strengths
- Access to short runways, contained operating costs, ideal for regional missions.
- Limits
- Lower speed than a jet, less comfort on long sectors, weather sensitivity.
- Example mission
- Transfer between smaller Italian cities and islands with regional airports.