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Old 02-11-2013, 07:04 AM   #1156
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Originally Posted by stazzy33 View Post
I may have missed this earlier, but does anyone know why WJ Encore decided to go with Dash-8's over CRJs? I flew both on Air Canada this summer and the Dashes aren't even in the same league as the CRJs...
Better fuel economy on short sectors, the Q400's are almost as fast as a CRJ on those same sector lengths, better economics due to those two reasons as well (you need to fill less seats on the Q to break even versus the RJ).

If you were flying AC Express Dash's this summer chances are you were on the older model -100 or -300. The Q400 is leaps and bounds above those ones.

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