turboprops

[cforst513]

hey guys, what airlines are still operating turboprops? i know american eagle has a lot of Saabs, and USAir's little brother flies Dorniers, and Horizon's got the Dash's, but are there any more? i'm mainly looking to find ATR's and Dash's. I thought they were more popular, but with the surge of RJ's, i find it difficult to locate them at the airport. any help?

 

[PA31Ho]

If you are looking for the Dash's check out Piedmont Airlines.

 

[Smoking Man]

The last Dornier was parked in Sept 04.

 

[Workin'Stiff]

Mesaba still operates a ton of Saab 340s...

 

[Stifler's Mom]

ASA - ATRs

 

[LewisU_Pilot]

American Eagle = ATRs

 

[I.P. Freley]

Doesn't TransStates still operate the 3 or 4 ATR's they had a couple of years ago? Don't remember if they're parked like PSA's Dorniers.

Other TP operators that haven't been mentioned, off the top o' my head:

1900's are operated by CommutAir, Colgan, Skyway (??), Mesa (AirMidwest) and GIA

Metros are operated by Big Sky

Jetstream 41's are operated by TransStates (I think the 31/32 are still operated by Boston-Maine and CorpEx)

Brasilias are operated by GIA, Great Lakes and Skywest

340's are operated by Shuttle America (for now)

328's are operated by Skyway, though they may only fly the 328JET now that I think about it...

Dash 8's are operated by Mesa

That's all I can think of to add to the previously listed carriers.

 

[chriskcmo]

Colgan operates Saab 340's and Beech 1900's.

 

[Grumman guy]

skywest- lots of brazillia's

 

[bluesky421]

Big Sky has lots of Metro IVs I think.

 

[Bigdaddymike]

ASA has a hand full of ATR's. CAPE AIR has three former COEX ATR's in
Guam!

 

[Guitar Guy]

Be-1900D's and EMB-120's are also operated by Great Lakes, primarily out of DEN for Frontier and United under codeshare agreements.

And to answer I.P. Freley's response - yes, Skyways does operate the mighty 1900D.