SAS Q400's

[longboat]

Could anyone please confirm whether or not SAS have put all their Q400's back into service - and if not, are they 'stored' and on the market?
With thanks.

[GBALU53]

Spares for Flybe?

Give them to Frybe, they need some spare aircraft at the moment due to technical reasons.

[TSR2]

SAS currently in negotiations with Bombardier to replace the Q400's with CRJ NextGen aircraft.

[F_Hercules]

GBALU53

Do you know what kind of tech problems Flybe is running with the Q4 now??

[AircraftOperations]

Do FlyBe also have tech problems with the Embraer 195s?

Or are the 146/RJs and 737s just filling in for the Q400s?

[ads1963]

Q400

And another lot to PAL! Poor Philippines! How many crash landings will it take till PAL learns their lesson that not everything which is cheap is also good?

[Mercenary Pilot]

Could anyone please confirm whether or not SAS have put all their Q400's back into service - and if not, are they 'stored' and on the market?

All parked and being sold off, 4 having just gone to an Austrian airline IIRC.

SAS are replacing them with nextgen CRJ's.

[Mad (Flt) Scientist]

From the Bombardier press release a few weeks ago;

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that SAS Scandinavian Airlines and three of its affiliate airlines have signed firm orders for 27 regional jets and turboprops and have taken options on an additional 24 aircraft. Estonian Air of Tallinn, Estonia and SAS have placed firm orders for 13 Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen regional jets and have taken options on an additional 17, while Widerøe’s Flyveselskap A/S of Bodø, Norway and airBaltic of Riga, Latvia have ordered 14 Q400 NextGen high-speed turboprop airliners and have taken options on seven more.

So SAS themselves are replacing Q400s with CRJ900s, but Wideroe and airBaltic will operate 'new' Q400s, and presumably in SAS colours.