Bombardier Q400 on Latin American tour

Bombardier Aerospace’s technologically advanced Q400 NextGen regional airliner is on a three-week, multi-country demonstration tour of Latin America, including planned stops in Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Panama, and Mexico. The tour will also include stops in the Caribbean – the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas.

 

The Q400 NextGen aircraft, newly painted in a special livery to mark the demonstration tour, commences the Latin American leg of the tour with a static display at the 2014 FIDAE (Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio) Air Show in Santiago, Chile, from March 25 to 28. FIDAE is the largest air show in the Latin American region.

 

Tour updates will be available on https://www.facebook.com/BombardierAero and on Twitter by following #Q400DemoTour.

 

Since the Q400 NextGen airliner’s last demonstration tour of the region in 2012, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has introduced an optional extra capacity version of the aircraft with seating for up to 86 passengers. The extra capacity aircraft provides up to a 17% seat-cost advantage for operators.

 

“For airlines in Chile and other mountainous areas, the Q400 NextGen turboprop is the only commercial turboprop certified to operate at airfield elevations up to 14,000ft (4,267m) and airfield slopes of up to 4.6%,” said Kevin Smith, vice president, sales for the Americas, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. 

 

The Q400 aircraft is also the only turboprop currently meeting Required Navigation Performance (RNP) standards, which is advantageous when operating in mountainous regions and confined airspace, according to the company.

 

The Q400 NextGen aircraft, which is built at Bombardier’s Toronto, Ontario, facility, is the most recent development in the evolution of the Q400 aircraft, a design that entered service in 2000.

 

The aircraft features LED cabin lighting, new ceiling panels, dished window sidewalls, and larger overhead luggage bins. These features are combined with the aircraft’s active noise and vibration suppression (ANVS) system to provide an improved cabin experience for passengers.

 

Bombardier has recorded firm orders for a total of 486 Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft. Worldwide, Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft have transported more than 295 million passengers, and have logged more than 4.7 million flight hours with more than 5 million take-offs and landings. The Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft program includes more than 50 customers and operators in over 30 countries on five continents.