Originally Posted by
mullac30
Because LM will probably want a 50 seater to operate the Northern Isles routes.
And any oil charter work that comes along. They had planned on 20 ATR42's and a few ERJ's before BM's demise. The five Saab 2000's are going this year plus the Dorniers, and the Saab 340's will be getting phased out soon, so I suppose they will be doing a bit of number crunching to come up with the new requirement.