Pinnacle subsidiary Colgan Air will fly Q400

[boknowsASA]

Continental affiliate to fly Bombardier turboprops​

Continental passengers traveling through the airline's Newark hub soon could find themselves flying onboard Bombardier Q400 74-seater turboprop aircraft. Air Transport World writes that "Pinnacle Airlines yesterday signed a contract for 15 74-seat Q400s plus 10 conditional orders and 20 options. … Aircraft will be operated by Pinnacle subsidiary Colgan Air for Continental Connection." The Wichita Eagle adds that Colgan will operate the planes "primarily at Continental Airlines' hub at Newark Liberty International Airport."


Just saw this on USAtoday.com if this is old news than woops!:beer:

 

[Lear70]

Yeah, old news.

The announcement of the flying was done a while back. This is just confirming the actual order.

Would be interesting to see the proposed delivery schedule to know WHEN they'd be coming online.

 

[deadstick]

...and how many seats are installed....

 

[dingo222]

the word is 74 seats. We will see when they show up. SChed to start coming online in DEC, with service starting in Jan. Initial group goes to training soon, with the proving runs to follow.