If you bought, say, a small single - engine
turboprop aircraft, that would be $ 1.5 to $ 2 million.
The single - engine
turboprop can't even get to Australia.
Deluce likes to call the CS100 a «whisper - jet,» though it would be more accurate to say that it's a «mimic - jet» — one whose noise profile and fuel consumption look more like those of
a turboprop.
So when the Toronto Port Authority announced its intention to make the airport self - sufficient by increasing traffic, Deluce hatched his plan: an airline that would fly fuel - efficient
turboprops on well - travelled business routes, as well as to Northern Ontario destinations whose passenger demand and pricing sweet - spots he knew all too well.
But as jet engines replaced
turboprops, the island airport's runway was simply too short to handle the aircraft, leaving Pearson International Airport, located a 40 - minute drive from downtown, to capture the growth in air travel.
The hybrid electric jet will seat up to 12 people, fly up to 700 miles and have operating costs of 8 cents per seat mile, below the operating costs of small
turboprops and business jets powered by jet fuel.
And the original agreement to fly
the turboprops Porter uses now only came about after some messy political wrangling.
Its new regional carrier, Encore, began service this year with four Bombardier Q400
turboprops, and will add roughly one aircraft to its fleet every month through to 2015.
It was great news because Bombardier's Q400
turboprop aircraft bested foreign competitors to win the contract.
The Q400, with a backlog of 50 planes, has about 25 percent of the global market in small commercial planes and comes second to European rival ATR, the world's largest maker of
turboprops.
Other airplane parts currently being 3 - D printed include several elements of
turboprop engines and a piece of equipment that houses temperature sensors.
The company said earlier this year it was looking for buyers for the sprawling Downsview property, which assembles its Q400
turboprops and several business jets.
Bombardier employee working on the fuselage of a Q - 400
turboprop.
It has also repeatedly said it will keep
its turboprop business.
The jets could also reach markets that were beyond the reach of
the turboprops, allowing airport hubs to expand their customer base.
Air Nippon Co. of Tokyo, a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways Co., has purchased three 56 - Dash 8 Q300
turboprop airplanes from Bombardier Inc..
Though Monash did take a mistress when work took him away from his wife (on a three - month steamboat, not a 90 - minute QantasLink
turboprop) so we suppose Barnaby and he have that in common.
To make the rounds of his empire, he flies a quarter of a million miles a year, much of it in his own
turboprop Vickers Viscount.
If the bigger twin - engines and
turboprops belong in the limousine class, then such practical workhorses as short takeoff and landing (STOL) planes and seaplanes must be likened to jeeps and dune buggies.
The company upgraded him to a Starship
turboprop, and he thought he was building equity in a plane through his promotional work.
Yet tomorrow, weather permitting (and around Antarctica, every event is conditional on the weather), I'll join some 40 other intrepid travelers aboard a not - so - luxurious military
turboprop to reach McMurdo Station.
You'll spend 8 hours seated in cargo netting along the fuselage of an LC - 130
turboprop cargo plane packed with tons of equipment (from frozen food to compressed helium), struggling to hear yourself think (forget about hearing the person next to you talk).
And we caught
a turboprop jet out of there.
They use the four - engine
turboprop airplane as a huge stethoscope to monitor Matthew's vital signs.
The G - 1 is a large twin
turboprop with performance characteristics of contemporary production aircraft.
December 19, 2016 • Employees of Pakistan International Airlines sacrificed the animal to mark the first flight of an ATR
turboprop plane since the fleet was grounded following a Dec. 7 crash.
I was sure I could remain in this book group's eyes an author they found charming and open, the sort who didn't vomit on Dash 8
turboprops.
Aircraft sales include citation jets, caravan single - engine utility
turboprops, and single - engine piston aircraft and lift solutions by CitationAir.
Phu Quoc's tiny airport can accommodate nothing larger than an ATR
turboprop; four to five daily flights from Ho Chi Minh City bring in a maximum of 335 passengers.
If you need transport from San Jose or Liberia to the Guanacaste Coast or Nicoya Penisula towns, there are regular buses and shuttles as well as
turboprop flights to Tamarindo, Nosara, Punta Islita and Tambor.
Republic will sub-lease 24 Bombardier Q400
turboprops to British low - cost carrier Flybe, which is in the midst of a transformation to restore profitability.
They also operate another 27 planes under the PAL Express brand, but with the same logo and sold through Philppine Airlines, including 15 A320 / 321 and 12 Bombardier Q300 / 400
turboprop planes.
Pacific Coastal will be using its proven 19 - seat
turboprop aircraft, the Beechcraft 1900, to service the Vancouver - Tofino route, but has the capability to upgrade to larger 30 or 34 - seat Saab 340A or 340B aircraft should demand increase.
This turboprop aircraft takes two hours to fly the 640 kms distance (880kms by road) and flies across the Southern Alps.
If you need transport from San Jose to Manuel Antonio or Quepos, there are regular buses, shuttles and
turboprop flights.
If you need transport from San Jose to any of the Pacific Beach towns, there are regular buses to all as well as
turboprop flights to most destinations.
My return flight was on a Trans - Canada Airline
turboprop, and was considerably noisier, but retrieving my luggage and departing the airport was convenient.
RwandAir and Bombardier Aerospace announced the delivery of a dual - class Q400 NextGen
turboprop aircraft, fulfilling an order placed on April...
Next year, United Express will start to remove 31 Q400
turboprops from its fleet.
If you need transport from San Jose to the Caribbean Coast, there are regular buses and shuttles as well as
turboprop flights to Limon.
The operation of
these turboprop aircraft are also in line with the company's efforts to enhance customer service by offering a wider choice of destinations and travel options to passengers as well as part of the airline's move to join the SkyTeam global alliance in March 2014 and in anticipation of 2015's ASEAN Open Sky policy.
However the distances are greater than to other places in Costa Rica so you may want to consider a short
turboprop flight to either Puerto Jiménez, Golfito or Drake Bay.
The ATR42 - 300 twin
turboprop plane was carrying 44 adults, five children and five crew members but disappeared from radar over the remote region of Papua.
Day One — Depart Adelaide Airport in an air - conditioned
turboprop aircraft for Port Lincoln.
There has been a little competition from Island Air, which has just three
turboprops, but that company filed for bankruptcy last month.
To get to Port McNeill we had flown from Vancouver to Port Hardy via a 30 - seat, twin -
turboprop plane.
The service flies 48 - seat ATR42
turboprop aircraft which allows its contractor, Empire Airlines, to provide service to and from the islands of Moloka'i and Lana'i.
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As we have noted, one of the Achilles heels for the US aviation industry could be the complex mixture of greenhouse gases and precursors — carbon dioxide, water vapor, and oxides of nitrogen — injected directly into the atmosphere by every jet and
turboprop in the sky.
The turboprop aircraft is making a comeback, with sales to one of the only remaining manufacturers quadrupling in 2007 and a continued upsurge expected.