The case for large turboprops against regional jets is about to be tested in the UK.
Flybe (the world's largest Q400 fleet), having just acquired BA Connect, is to dispose of BACon's D8-300 and Emb-145 aircraft over the next two years and replace them with even more Q400s. They will be used throughout the flybe network of leisure and business traveller routes including European city-pairs, using their low-cost airline business model
Let's see what happens over the next couple of years.