· 17th Dash 8-Q400 landed in Innsbruck-Kranebitten yesterday at 6 p.m.
· Expansion of the Austrian Airlines fleet based on a wet-lease agreement with SWISS

Austrian Airlines welcomes the third out of a total of four additional Dash 8-Q400 aircraft to its fleet. The turboprop of the Canadian producer Bombardier with the registration OE-LGQ landed at the Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport yesterday at 6 p.m. local time. Accordingly, with the addition of OE-LGQ, the fleet of the Austrian Airlines Group will be expanded to 79 aircraft, including 17 Dash 8-Q400 turboprop airliners. This small expansion step is in connection with a so-called wet-lease agreement concluded with the sister company SWISS. The Dash maintenance team of Tyrolean Technik will carry out various refurbishment and refitting tasks on the aircraft and bring it up to Austrian Airlines standards.

The Dash 8-Q400 has room for 76 passengers and operates on routes with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers. Due to its design, the Q-Series is considered to be particularly reliable and efficient. The “Q” in the name stands for “quiet”. Compared to passenger jets with similar seating capacity, the Dash 8-400 aircraft requires about 40% less jet fuel, and thus also reduces CO₂ emissions. This type of aircraft also reaches airports where larger airliners are not able or allowed to land. For example, this is the case for Lugano in Switzerland.