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Old 19th February 2016, 12:41 PM
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Default Bombardier launches 90 seat Q400 turboprop airliner

Bombardier launches 90 seat Q400 turboprop airliner

Bombardier launched a 90 seat variant of its Q400 aircraft, making it the world’s only commercial turboprop capable of carrying 90 passengers.

http://www.aviationanalysis.net/2016...seat-q400.html
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Old 19th February 2016, 02:51 PM
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29" seat pitch, sounds comfy!
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Old 19th February 2016, 02:56 PM
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I thought I saw somewhere it was to be 28"... either way, just as 'good' :P
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Old 19th February 2016, 04:01 PM
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There used to be an ad with the tag line "No that squeezy"
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Old 19th February 2016, 05:11 PM
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They need to do something with ATR having a backlog 10x what the Dash has. So they have given up on speed and now going into sardines as a selling method!
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Old 19th February 2016, 05:48 PM
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...the world’s only commercial turboprop capable of carrying 90 passengers...
Not quite....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-18
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Old 19th February 2016, 06:04 PM
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I think they mean available to be ordered new, plenty of electras around as well.
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