Not so sure if they are all that CHEAP. SAS management claims buyers are already lined up to buy their grounded aircraft, and supply and demand etc. etc....
Scandinavian newspapers further claims that SAS are in discussions with Bombardier to get an entire new fleet of yet to be named aircraft. Maybe they have the guts to be launch customer yet again for the - still to be made official - Q400X, a stretched derivative of the Q400 and the worst kept secret at Downsview. Meanwhile it is claimed that the cause of the last debacle was an incorrectly installed O-ring on the RH MLG actuator, which - if proved correct - seems to indicate that the kneejerk withdrawal of the fleet after tha last bellyflop was just that, a kneejerk reaction (which will not help SAS in their upcoming lawsuit towards Bombardier for damages caused by the 3 landing mishaps).