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BITRE | Report 1156. Aircraft movements and aircraft fleets at regional airports• While there were almost twice as many passengers in 2005 than in 1984, thenumber of flights was lower in 2005 than in 1984.• Before 1990, an average of 40 per cent of scheduled flights to and from regionalairports were performed by aircraft with less than 18 seats. This proportion fellto less than 20 per cent in the past few years of the study period.• Aircraft with 30 to 100 seats have continued to dominate aircraft movementssince 1994.• There has been an increase in aircraft movements by high capacity aircraft andaircraft with take-off weights of more than 21 tonnes.Overall, the industry is moving towards using larger aircraft to serve regionalairports.58