NorthStarDC4M From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2829 posts, RR: 40 Reply 1, posted (3 years 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 4441 times:
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As i recall the F50 just didn't have a good enough price vs cost for the few airlines looking at 50+ seat turboprops which are not that common in the USA.
ATR locked up two of the major options early: American Eagle/Simmons and ASA) . UA/Air Wisconsin went for ATPs because BAe made a nice package deal with some 146s tossed in. The F50 was, as i recall, in that competition but was ruled out early on and that left the ATP, Dash 8-300 and ATR72... i recall it being a shock when they chose the ATP.
The Dash 8-300 didn't sell that well in the US, though the -100 did... and for the most part the Dash 8-300 sold to airlines with -100s in their fleets already.
Truth is, that without a smaller cousin, the F50 was doomed in the US market, the 80s US market was dominated by 2 types: EMB-120 and Saab 340, they got by far the lion's share, with ATR and Dash 8s picking up all but a very small percentage of the rest which went to BAe with J41s and ATPs.
Fokker was just too big, too expensive and just not needed.
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Aviopic From Netherlands, joined Mar 2004, 2681 posts, RR: 46 Reply 3, posted (3 years 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 4057 times:
Quoting NorthStarDC4M (Reply 1): Fokker was just too big, too expensive and just not needed.
I do not completely agree with you.
As I see it(as a Fokker employee for the last 30 years).
The good old F.27 was a simple, rugged and relative cheap aircraft which excelled at remote locations.
The F50 was aimed at a higher segment, more complicated and more expensive.
Thus never a true F.27 follow up which is why it was selected by mainline airlines like KLM and SAS who required jet like comfort and quality but not by all those F.27 users who were just looking for a "new" F.27
RayChuang From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 7713 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (3 years 1 week 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 3725 times:
Alas, there's no market for the Fokker 50 today if Fokker were still around because of the success of the Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 and (to a lesser degree) the ATR-72.
NASCARAirforce From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 3099 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (3 years 1 week 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 3722 times:
Quoting NorthStarDC4M (Reply 1): ATR locked up two of the major options early: American Eagle/Simmons and ASA)
Continental Express also was an early customer of the ATR.
I am surprised Northwest/Mesaba didn't since they were big Fokker 27 users and they didn't replace their 50 seat fleet
bohica From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2430 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 years 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 3595 times:
Quoting NorthStarDC4M (Reply 1): UA/Air Wisconsin went for ATPs because BAe made a nice package deal with some 146s tossed in. The F50 was, as i recall, in that competition but was ruled out early on and that left the ATP, Dash 8-300 and ATR72... i recall it being a shock when they chose the ATP.
That was the first round when ZW got the ATP's. Later on, they were looking for an F27 replacement for their IAD operation in the early 1990's. They chose a combination of Dash 8-100's and Dash 8-300's to replace the F27.
Quoting ljungdahl (Thread starter): Is there any other type of commercial aircraft, that so completely "missed" a large region, although sold in large numbers in the rest of the world?
vfw614 From Germany, joined Dec 2001, 3644 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (3 years 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 3485 times:
Aviopic has it explained already: In a way, the Fokker 50 played in a somewhat different league than the ATR42 and the DHC8. It was particularly appealing to legacy carriers willing to pay a bit more for getting a bit more of an aeroplane. Just check the list of its first-hand operators..
isitsafenow From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 4984 posts, RR: 26 Reply 8, posted (3 years 1 week 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 3304 times:
Quoting NASCARAirforce (Reply 5): I am surprised Northwest/Mesaba didn't since they were big Fokker 27 users and they didn't replace their 50 seat fleet
Im not sure which 50 seat fleet you mean. I do believe the Mesaba Fairchild/Fokker used around 1990 had
44 seats............. then, slightly downgraded to the Dash-8's with 37 or 38 seats.
Of course I could be 101 percent wrong here.
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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23 Reply 11, posted (3 years 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2876 times:
Quoting Thorben (Reply 10): Quoting columba (Reply 9):
A340-300 never made to the US.....sadly
Did actually any A340 version make it to a US carrier?
I believe the only carriers in North America to operate the A340 were AC (13 343s and 2 345s) and Canada 3000 which had one 343 very briefly. It was delivered about 2 months before Canada 3000 went bankrupt and suspended service in late 2001 in the wake of 9/11.
Kent350787 From Australia, joined May 2008, 890 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (3 years 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 2711 times:
When I used to do more regional flying for work (Australia), there were some routes with a choice of S340, DHC8 (100/200) or F50 - the F50 was always my preferred choice. Much quieter, and two flight attendants for Ansett. Definitely a different "class" of aircraft, and the biggest current operator is Skywest, which has a number of those Ansett craft in its fleet.
NASCARAirforce From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 3099 posts, RR: 5 Reply 13, posted (3 years 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 2571 times:
Quoting Thorben (Reply 10): Did actually any A340 version make it to a US carrier?
Northwest ordered them back in the early 1990s, but then they had their financial problems back then - they instead took deliveries of the A330 finally in 2003.
Continental I think ordered A340s also, I actually have a model Continental A340-300 but they took the 777 instead.
Whatever happened to the USAirways A340s? I thought US was going to order some for routes to China
bohica From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2430 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (3 years 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 2457 times:
Quoting Thorben (Reply 10): Quoting columba (Reply 9):
A340-300 never made to the US.....sadly
Did actually any A340 version make it to a US carrier?
Actually the OP asked if there were any planes which sold well but did not sell in all of North America. Not only did the Trident not sell in North America, none ever landed on the continent either. I don't believe the B743 sold in North America either.
The A340 and B773 have sold in North America but not in the US.
Dash9 From Canada, joined Nov 2008, 139 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (3 years 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2203 times:
Quoting Thorben (Reply 16): Yep, strange enough that AC took the 77W while not a single US carrier did.
Within Canada AC is the only carrier with long range flights to/from Asia, and everything is funneled through two hubs, YYZ and YYV, while in the US there are 3 or 4 carriers each with 2 or 3 hubs that have flights to Asia. There is more capacity in the US but it is shared on much more different flights so smaller aircrafts are used.
TransIsland From Bahamas, joined Mar 2004, 2032 posts, RR: 11 Reply 18, posted (3 years 1 week 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2172 times:
It is rumoured around the airport here that an analysis by UP, when looking for options, recommended the F50 over the D8-300, but that the Dash was then ordered, after some palms were greased.
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