Key facts
- Type
- Turboprop Regional airliner
- National origin
- Sweden
- Manufacturer
- Saab AB
- Status
- In limited passenger service, in military service
- Manufactured
- 1992–1999
- Introduction date
- 30 August 1994
- First flight
- 26 March 1992
- Developed from
- Saab 340
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Encyclopedic overview
The Saab 2000 is a twin-engined high-speed turboprop airliner built by Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. It is designed to carry 50–58 passengers and able to cruise at a maximum speed of 685 km/h (370 kn). Production took place in Linköping, Sweden. It first flew in March 1992 and was certified in 1994. The last aircraft was delivered in April 1999, a total of 63 aircraft were built. As of October 2024, a total of 31 Saab 2000s are either in airline or military service.
Development and design
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saab 2000” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.