Neuer SAAB-Turboprop?

[Cody]

Klingt spannend:

 

Swedish manufacturer Saab is considering a strategic return to manufacturing regional turboprop aircraft after a 15-year hiatus.

 

Saab's advanced design staff has solicited key suppliers, including turboprop engine maker General Electric, for updates on modern technologies as part of a wider study, said Michael Magnussen, president and chief executive of Saab Aircraft Leasing.

 

Magnussen confirmed the study after it was disclosed by a GE official - regional and large business aviation general manager Allen Paxson.

 

"It's fair to say they have been studying [a new regional turboprop] as well," Paxson told reporters at RAA. "And they've been talking to us." Another engine maker, Pratt & Whitney Canada, also may be responding to technical inquiries from Linkoping, Saab's manufacturing base in Sweden.

 

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/saab-considering-return-to-civil-aircraft-manufacturing-372211/