Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
Saabs may be
Dodo birds (
Dodo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), but 30ish pax turboprops are not. Some routes support 6 pax (enter Cape Air), some support 30 (Brasillia, Saab, Jetstream), and some support 70 (Q400).
Unless you are saying Colgan will just abandon the 30 pax market... possible, but
if there is a replacement aircraft, hard to believe.
We will see. Right now, there is no replacement being built. I wonder if SAAB would tool back up if someone kicked up an order large enough. Not enough demand right now! Anything can happen in 5-10 years from now.
I would love to see a new and improved SAAB, crisp on the controls, fast, able to leap tall mountains on a single engine...with a nice cup holder too.