With its swept tail, low wing and slim fuselage, Saab’s latest family member, the 2000, cuts an attractive image in the air as shown in this view of the third prototype SE-003. The type is scheduled to enter service with Crossair in September.

SAAB 2000 - шведский вклад в развитие "коммютеров"

26 марта 1992г.: впервые взлетел Saab 2000, сочетавший в себе скоростные качества реактивного лайнера с экономичностью турбовинтового.

Making its Farnborough debut in 1992 alongside Saab 340B SE-C12, the Saab 2000 had first appeared publicly earlier in the year at Berlin, albeit briefly.

Третий Saab 2000 и Saab 340B (340-й построенный) из "American Eagle", партнера "Simmons Airlines". Saab 2000 не смог повторить успеха своего предшественника.

Seen being rolled out of the Air Livery hangar at Southend on August 9, 2005 after respray in the colours of Romania’s Carpatair is former Crossair Saab 2000 HB-IZK (c/n 018), which had the Swiss registration taped back over its new one, YR-SBJ, for its ferry flight to Timisoara, Romania, later that day. It joins five other Saab 2000s and six Saab 340Bs already in service with the airline.

Региональная румынская "Carpatair" располагает шестью Saab 2000.

Saab 2000 SE-LSG (c/n 055), previously operated by Blue1, has now joined City Airline, becoming the second of the type with the Swedish regional carrier. One operates on the new Stockholm/Bromma - Kristiansand route, which commenced on August 28, 2006, whilst the other is being used for charter flights out of Arlanda.

Indicative of the support given to the new aircraft by Crossair, the first prototype 2000 received the airline’s livery on the port side with the company scheme on the starboard side.

Швейцарская "Crossair" первой заказала и получила как Saab 340, так и Saab 2000. На фотографии: четвертый построенный и первый поставленный "Crossair" региональный Saab 2000. Самолет еще несет регистрацию Швеции.

Although Crossair, as such, has effectively ceased to exist, with the demise of national flag carrier Swissair it has been reborn as Swiss International Airlines and has added the majority of the former Swissair fleet to its own under the new name. Seen here at Dublin on May 16, 1998, is Saab 2000 Concordino HB-IZO, one of 34 in the Crossair fleet which have now transferred into the new operation.

Saab 2000

Pictured at Birmingham on 30/3/99, Crossair’s Saab 2000 HB-IYD, which has the emblem of the Canton of Valais on the tail, advertises Sion’s bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2006. A decision on the venue will be made by the International Olympic Committee on June 19th

Continuing Crossair's recent tradition of applying special schemes to its aircraft, the tenth Saab 2000 Concordino to be delivered, HB-IZK, has acquired 'The PHANTOM of the OPERA' titles along the full length of the black painted fuselage with a theatrical mask on the fin. The scheme was applied by AIM Aviation at Bournemouth, UK, in its Saab 2000 Completion Centre. Crossair has become one of the key sponsors of the famous musical which opens in Basel this October.

"Deutsche BA" со штаб-квартирой в Мюнхене получила пять Saab 2000, сделка предусматривала опцион еще на пять самолетов, которые так и не были поставлены. Этот самолет был передан в лизинг французской "Regional Airlines of Nantes".

Saab 2000 customers initially included Deutsche BA (1999)

Saab 2000 G-CERY (c/n 008, ex D-AOLA of OLT), seen here at Groningen-Eelde in the Netherlands on October 5, 2007 operating a scheduled flight from Norwich, is one of two additional Saab 2000s to join the Eastern Airways fleet. First to be delivered was G-CERZ (c/n 042, ex SE-LSA of City Airlines), which joined the fleet on August 24, whilst G-CERY entered service the following week. The airline now has six of the type in its fleet, in addition to 23 Jetstream 41s, making Eastern the largest operator in the world of the latter.

Saab 2000 G-CERZ taxiing at Newcastle Airport whilst serving one of its UK domestic routes.

Jetstream 41 G-MAJU taxies behind a Saab 2000 at Aberdeen Airport. The two types complement each other well, with the larger aircraft being used on longer sectors and on routes with growing demand, and the smaller J41s serving the rest of the network.

Eastern Airways introduced its first Saab 2000 in 2003 and now has four of the type. The latest to enter service, G-CERY, was delivered to the airline in September 2007.

Only 56 Saab 2000s were built but 378 remain operational, including eight operated by the Swiss-based Etihad Regional.

Saab 2000 HB-IZP (c/n 031, ex N168GC) of Darwin Airline touches down at Rome-Fiumicino Airport, Italy, on January 23, 2014 at the end of a service from Geneva, Switzerland. The flight marked the start of operations by Etihad Regional, the aircraft being unveiled in its new brand colours the previous week. All ten Saab 2000s operated by Darwin will be repainted in the new livery by June. Etihad Regional is a partnership between Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates and Darwin Airline of Lugano, Switzerland.

Etihad Regional Saab 2000 HB-IYI (c/n 16) at Bern, Switzerland.

Med Airlines was one of the last airlines to order Saab 2000s before the Swedish company announced it was ceasing production of the twin turboprop.

Компания "Swelink", шведское отделение "Scandinavian Airlines Commuter", использовала шесть Saab 2000, арендованных у компании "Saab". Самолеты выполняли полеты из стокгольмского аэропорта Арланда. Самолет на фотографии с собственным названием "Gerd Viking" - четвертая арендованная компанией машина. В 2004 году "Swelink" вошла в состав национального авиаперевозчика SAS.
Двигатели самолета Saab 2000 оснащены шестилопастными серповидными воздушными винтами. У них меньше частота вращения и уровень шума, чем у воздушных винтов двигателей самолета Saab 340.

JPATS has a base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from where it operates a Beech 99 and this Saab 2000. Aircraft used by JPATS carry no titles - they don't want to attract attention to their role.

Saab is offering to modify existing Saab 340 and Saab 2000 (on photo) regional airliners as maritime patrol or surveillance aircraft equipped to the customer's specification.

The Saab 2000 AIRTRACER signals intelligence gathering system.

To reduce interior noise, Saab selected slow turning, six bladed Dowty propellers for the 2000 and sited them at twice the distance from the fuselage sides as those on the 340.

Разработанный на базе двигателя T406, турбовинтовой двигатель AE2100 оснащен шестилопастным воздушным винтом марки Dowty и установлен на самолетах Saab 2000 и C-130J.

Выполненное согласно концепции "стеклянной кабины", приборное оборудование Saab 2000 на основе комплекта Rockwell-Collins Pro Line 4 на момент первого полета самолета в марте 1992 года являлось просто революционным.
More like a widebodied airliner than a regional aircraft, the Saab 2000 flight deck is impressively designed with the Collins six-CRT Pro Line 4 dominating the facia.

Flight deck of the Saab 2000, showing the captain's position (1997)

Saab 2000 cabin (1997)

Cabin layout is similar to that of the 340, but the overhead luggage bins have been enlarged and new legislation means that the seats now have to withstand a 16g impact instead of the previous 9g.

SAAB 2000

Crossair is the launch customer for the Saab 2000, the new 50-passenger prop-jet successor to the SF.340B.

Air Marshall Islands was the first customer in the Asia/Pacific region for the new aircraft

Influential AMR Eagle has announced its intention to order a total of 50.

SAAB 2000

Saab 2000 standard 50-passenger layout. A: attendant's seat, C: baggage/cargo, G: galley, S: stowage, T: toilet, W: wardrobe (1996)

SAAB 2000

Saab 2000 short/medium-range 50/58-passenger regional transport (1993)

General arrangement drawing of the Saab 2000. The main illustration shows the aircraft in its standard form with three-abreast seating for 50 passengers. Crossair aircraft will have an additional window in the starboard side where the toilet is situated in order that those using this facility will still be able to see the 'magnificent views over Switzerland’, according to the airline’s Chairman Moritz Suter.