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by **Naki** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:52 am

See here

by **Alex** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:58 pm

Would the Q400's be used alongside the existing Q300's, or would they fly different routes?

Alex

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:34 pm

It says SAS has 'banned' them.. That can't be all that economical? What will they get instead?

by **benwynn** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:20 pm

Would they not operate along side the ATR? Its proably just a tad too big to join Air Nelson IMO

by **Naki** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:25 pm

They are the same size as the ATR - maybe the options on Q400s are for expected growth on Q300 routes - in my view I think Mount Cook willl eventually (in the longer term) move to regional jets from the ATRs and Air Nelson may take a few Q400s. They moved from 34 seat Saabs to 50 seat Q300s so don't see a problem with them moving to 66 seat Q400s.

by **ronindanbo** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:20 am

Pleased with the performance of the Q300 fleet? I was in Auckland and one flight hed to be cancelled due to (unforseen engineering difficulties) we taxied past it later and some guy was crawling around the stbd nacelle and had half the engine on the tarmac

you seem to hear about thes birds having problems all the time!!!!

by **A185F** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:19 am

As far as I was aware, the Q400 option was inplace for possible ATR replacement when the time came.

by **benwynn** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:38 am

As Naki said,with expansion, having the Q400 with Air Nelson wouldnt be such a bad idea at all- And definently having Jets, like Embraers etc at Mt Cook. I can see them taking over the NZWN-NZCH Run with embraers, and even Runs into Queenstown. The Q400's can then take over Mt Cooks ATR routes that cant be flown with a Jet!

Fsliners.net My pics · by **Q300** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:46 pm

SAS banned them because of a landing gear defect.

by **benwynn** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:46 pm

But that Seems to just be SAS- Qantas Link has a Large fleet of them, and so do many other airlines- None of them have crashed...

Fsliners.net My pics · by **Q300** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:50 pm

Yes but a few weeks back Qantas suspended flights with there Q400s because of a defect found by there engineers...

by **benwynn** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:14 pm

That Happens Also. But in the end its just bad luck for SAS. But then again I wouldnt be buying the Dash. Id be getting a small Jet for Mt Cook

Fsliners.net My pics · by **Q300** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:34 pm

benwynn wrote:
QUOTE (benwynn @ Nov 9 2007, 07:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That Happens Also. But in the end its just bad luck for SAS. But then again I wouldnt be buying the Dash. Id be getting a small Jet for Mt Cook

Yea agreed.

by **Naki** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:46 am

More news on this today here - looks like Air NZ will be replacing the ATRs with either Q400s (or a more advanced Q400X version), ATR-72-600s (a more advanced version of the current ATRs) or Embraer 170/175/190/195.

Edit: Reading the article again it looks like the Q400X will get the nod - I believe this version is a stretched Q400 - it wil be loooooong plane as the q400 is very long as it is.

by **ardypilot** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:12 am

QUOTE

I believe this version is a stretched Q400 - it wil be loooooong plane as the q400 is very long as it is.[/quote]
I've always thought the Q300's looked a little short, and the normal Q400's looked far to long for the proportion of their wing frames, can't imagine what an extended version will look like!

I'd much rather see some Embraer E-Jets in white and blue ANZ colours flying around the country!

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