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Saab 340 / 2000
Saab · Regional Jet / Commercial Aviation · Sweden · Cold War (1970–1991)
The Saab 340 is a Swedish twin-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by Saab AB and Fairchild Aircraft. It is designed to seat 30–36 passengers and, as of July 2018, there were 240 operational aircraft used by 34 different operators.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Commercial
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Cold War (1970–1991)
- Country
- Sweden
- Manufacturer
- Saab
- Co-Manufacturer
- Fairchild Aircraft
- Operator
- Airlines worldwide
- Primary Role
- Regional Jet / Commercial Aviation
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1984
- Produced
- 459
- Propulsion
- Electric
- Engine
- 2x General Electric CT7-9B turboprops
- Thrust / Power
- 1,735 shp each
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 64.8
- Wingspan (ft)
- 70.4
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 18300
- MTOW (lb)
- 29000
- Payload (lb)
- 9000
- Endurance (hr)
- 3
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 25000
- Range (mi)
- 900
- Max Speed (mph)
- 311
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 0.5