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Old 23rd Apr 2007, 09:31
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royskaria
 
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Cyrano: you certainly have a point! The point behind stating the "currently in prodn" clause was to ensure continued support. Imagine starting off and then facing a situation of an aircraft lying around rustin in a corner for lack of spares etc.

Two queries at this point:

1. is it feasible to have these aircraft operate for upto 13 hours a day.
One plan would have upto 6 aircraft overnighting in 6 separate stations operating on round robin concept via a central hub where the 7th aircraft would be based as standby/maintenance reserve. The 6 aircraft would be operating betwwen 11 and 13 hours a day. Does this look feasible from a maintenance and operational perspective for an aircraft like the E120 or SF340?

2, Can we do a comparitive analysis between the E120 and the SF340B looking into the points mentioned in the first post as well as economics, comfort etc.

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