The End of the Turboprop Airliner

imarai · Post by **imarai** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:21 am

As no new short-haul commuter turboprop airliners are on the drawing boards, will 2007 be the last production year for the type?

Nightflight · Post by **Nightflight** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:01 am

I'm not sure I understand your question, but the Q 400 is selling like hot cakes for Bombardier and I see production going for quite some time. There are also rumors of a Dash 9. Many operators are realizing the value of these airplanes as they are much cheaper to operate than their jet equivalent and only marginally slower on regional sectors.
Cheers!!!

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:41 am

Well the turboprop being the most efficient means of aircraft propulsion makes it make sense economically, nope it is not going anywhere.

sideslip · Post by **sideslip** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:52 am

What's a Dash 9?

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:05 am

What's a Dash 9?

Erm, I'd guess that it's a Dash 8 +1, or a new design for Bombardier/DH[/quote]

imarai · Post by **imarai** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:40 pm

Other than Bombardier, who is building a turboprop airliner?
Although the Twin Otter is a different category of aircraft, many of us in the business thought it would be put back in production, but no. With the proliferation of regional jets, I wonder if a new airframe is truly on the horizon. A "Dash-9" does sound intriguing.

Longtimer · Post by **Longtimer** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:55 pm

Embraer is still offering their EMB 120 for sale. Only a 20 seater but they had over 300 firm orders. In August 2006 a total of 208 EMB 120 aircraft were in airline service around the world. http://www.embraer.com/english/content/ ... irm_orders

gr8_2_av8 · Post by **gr8_2_av8** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:07 pm

Any idea who the Canadian customer is?

Longtimer · Post by **Longtimer** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:18 pm

gr8_2_av8 wrote:Any idea who the Canadian customer is?

No I don't. The only two registered in Canada at present belong to P&W and Aviation Starlink. The additional 3 do not appear in Transport Canada's data base and may represent aircraft not yet delivered or perhaps delivered and sold to new owners outside of Canada. The EMB data is dated 2003 and I suspect shows mostly delivered vs outstanding orders.

lawndart · Post by **lawndart** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:13 pm

I may be mistaken, but I think ATR booked more orders last year than any previous year.

twinpratts · Post by **twinpratts** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:33 pm

WTF is this thread about

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pelmet · Post by **pelmet** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:54 pm

Although no aircraft have been produced since 2002 it is still available to order because it is made on the same assembly line as the ERJ's, and is made out of many of the same parts.

Quote from another site about Brasilia's.

fingersmac · Post by **fingersmac** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:02 pm

imarai wrote:Although the Twin Otter is a different category of aircraft, many of us in the business thought it would be put back in production

There are plans to put a new series of Twin Otter into production by Viking Air: http://www.vikingair.com/gif/Viking%20P ... 202006.pdf

rigpiggy · Post by **rigpiggy** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:25 pm

the only remaining players in the Turboprop commuter market are Bombardier and ATR. the embraer 120 is out of production as of 2003" look at the date on the site" Beech will build 1900's for "cash customers" though I don't know of anybody who has done this.

twotter · Post by **twotter** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:40 pm

Longtimer wrote:Embraer is still offering their EMB 120 for sale. Only a 20 seater but they had over 300 firm orders. In August 2006 a total of 208 EMB 120 aircraft were in airline service around the world. http://www.embraer.com/english/content/ ... irm_orders

When I was looking at 120's, they had 30 seats.. OOPPSS...