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The airline Ecuadorian Airlines announced the signing of the agreement to incorporate 3 Dash 8-Q400 model aircraft.
Many often ask me what has been new with Ecuadorian Airlines and his process of certification, so today we have news.
After several months without having new concrete information on the progress in the process of this airline in formation, we can report that:
- The start of operations is scheduled for 2022.
- They will initially incorporate three aircraft to their fleet.
Dash 8: the planes with which Ecuadorian Airlines will operate
Finally, and after several changes in the selected planes that happened from the Beechcraft 1900 and the Boeing 717, the airline confirmed the Dash 8-Q400 as the mainstay for its start of operations, without removing the fact that other aircraft will be incorporated in the future.
During the Dubai Airshow 2021 airline directors together with representatives of the company ACC Aviation announced the signing of the agreement to incorporate 3 planes Dash 8 of the Q400 version.
El Dash 8-Q400
The Bombardier Q Series, originally called DHC-8 Dash 8, It is of Canadian origin and belongs to the family of commercial aircraft. turboprops, introduced by de Havilland Canada company.
the new series 400 who flew for the first time 31 of January of 1998 It has a longer fuselage and can carry up to 78 passengers (changes according to configuration). What's more, It has twice as powerful engines that allow a cruising speed of 650 km/h.
In addition to these changes, the Serie 400 also received the Q mark (Quiet-in Spanish: silent), due to its noise and vibration reduction system in the cabin. Till the date, have occurred around 1250 Dash, of which 580 son Q400.
Datasheet
| Dash 8-400 | |
|---|---|
| Maximum passengers | 78 |
| Motor | Pratt and Whitney 150A |
| Average space between seats | 76,2 cm/30 in |
| Bathrooms | 1 (one at the front of the aircraft) |
| cruise speed | 667 kph / 360 knots |
| maximum altitude | 7620 m / 25 000 pies |
| Rank | 2519 km / 1565 mi |
| Wingspan | 28,4 m / 93 pies |
| Length | 32,8 m / 107 pies |
| tail height | 8,4 m /27 pies |
| Cargo door dimensions | 129,4 cm 150 cm |
Where and when will they arrive??
For now, it has not been possible to obtain more information on when the first aircraft would be arriving in the country., but maybe we can know where they will come from.
Investigating the company ACC Aviation, we found that it had been working with the US-Bangla Airlines company since September for the relocation of three Q400s and their respective spare parts..
These planes are:
- DHC-8 402 S2-AGW msn 4058
- First commercial flight in the 2002 – 19 years
- In Bangla from the 2015
- DHC-8 402 S2-AGV msn 4044
- First commercial flight in the 2001 – 20 years
- In Bangla from the 2014
- DHC-8 402 S2-AGX msn 4034
- First commercial flight in the 2001 – 20 years
- In Bangla from the 2018
Will these be the first airplanes of Ecuadorian Airlines? The next few weeks will tell..
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It also means that they discarded the 717? because I would be very sorry or they would bring it for a future because I think the Beechcraft 1900 It is confirmed that it will not arrive but the 717 yes or no?
Only the Dash will come as its first plane.
ahh I was already excited, What a pity that they don't come 717 to Ecuador but still the dashes are nice planes and I am proud that they arrive in Ecuador
Good information Nicolas regarding this airline, now with respect to the company Equair will operate with 737-700 that plane has the capacity to operate on runways like the one in Cuenca?
Hi samuel, I understand that they could not operate in Cuenca.
noooooo I wanted to see these planes arrive in Cuenca because, but the boeing 737-700 it is not a counterpart of the a319 because it does operate in basin and even if it were bigger the a320 still operates here in basin so what is the problem?
(I hope that if they add another type of aircraft to the fleet, this one can reach more runways because Cuenca is an important market for Ecuador as well., maybe the 737-600 if I can get to cuanca but I see it unlikely that they will bring such a rare plane to Ecuador
It's a performance thing.