I just read about the planned upgrade of Kaitaia to take Nelson's new Dash 8's...
From the Far North District Council website
"The Far North District Council has approved loan funding for the project which will provide for aircraft of up to 15,000kg in weight.
The work is designed to accommodate domestic passenger and charter flights such as the Dash 8 aircraft which Air New Zealand has indicated will be introduced to Northland commuter routes in the future."
From the Bombardier website
"The Q300 (HGW) has a maximum take-off weight of 43,000 pounds (19,505 kg)"
Is it just me, or is there a bit of a problem with the weights!? Are there different versions of the Q300 with different MTOWs?
If so, what are Nelson getting?
Cheers,
Dupre.