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Old 18th Oct 2019, 09:14
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brian_dromey
 
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I wasn't suggesting that the Q400s are dogs, my point was that blaming the Q400 for all of flyBe's problems isn't realistic. A shiny new fleet of A220s, for example, won't solve a thing. You could argue that flying 150 seat jets around the UK half empty would make things a lot worse... The A220s are not exactly trouble-free at the moment either.

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ATR 72-600 35 knots dry runway 28 knots wet, Q400 32 knots both .......
The ATR is better in the dry than the Q? Granted, at the Isle of Man its wet more often than it is dry! I think some people have decided they do not like the Q and all of flyBe's woes are due to it. Personally I don't think there is much between them. They both have the disadvantages associated with props, but the advantage of low fuel-burn, which is important on regional routes, especially when air passengers pay APD and train passengers do not, for example.
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