SAS permanently removes Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 planes from fleet
29 October 2007The airline group’s board of directors said in a statement that it had decided ‘to immediately discontinue the use of this type of aircraft’.
The Dash 8 Q400 has given rise to ”repeated quality-related problems,” said SAS deputy chief executive officer John Dueholm.
”SAS’s flight operations have always enjoyed an excellent reputation and there is a risk that use of the Dash 8 Q400 could eventually damage the SAS brand,” Dueholm said.
The SAS statement acknowledged that Sunday’s decision would result in flight cancellations and said the airline would try to compensate by reallocating current aircraft in the group’s fleet and leasing from other airlines.
source: finanznachrichten.de
