Flying a rare Swedish prop: a trip on the Saab 340 

For a 34-seat turboprop, the Saab 340 is actually very quiet. Not a jet...but very quiet. It was my favorite plane to fly. Unbelievably well built. Like a 1980s Mercedes with wings.

Flew many flights on Northwest throughout the southeast in the late 80's thru mid 90's. Small and loud, but serviced small airports flawlessly. Watching this video brought back many memories.

The Saab 340 was one of my favorite turboprops when they were used more regularly in the U.S.

Mate that’s the sweetest sound in aviation!.

Over 50 Saab 340s are still in use with Rex Airlines based in Wagga Wagga, Australia. I fly to Sydney several times a year on the 340; it's such a sweet aircraft with a mesmerizing drone from the props when taxiing.

I loved flying the Saab 340 when they served my hometown airport of EVV. We first had them as Republic Express in the mid 80's and then Northwest Airlink when they both served EVV to their MEM hub. I flew on them many times to MEM and to GTR (Golden Triangle Airport) serving Columbus, Starkville, and West Point, MS. Sometimes they would stop at Paducah, KY on the way to and from EVV. I always like to sit on the one seat side just in front of the wing and watch the props. Yes, it was a loud airplane. They had their on built in air stairs which the flight attendant would have to raise and then slide it to the side to close the pxr door. It could be turbulent at times, especially in the hot and humid summer months where I live as they did not fly as high as a larger jet. Overall, a great plane that served us well. Thank you for sharing this video....brings back great memories!

I just came across this video. The former Northwest Airlines had a fleet of the SAAB A340's. I absolutely loved flying on them. I'd say I've been on at least a couple hundred A340 flights, easily. Loud, cramped, bumpy... but I flew to the same little regional airports so often that I got to know the ground crews at each airport. One quality of the SAAB A340's that I quite enjoyed was the ability to instantly fall asleep as soon as the engines kicked in. The hum of the engines are my lullaby. There were many flights that I don't remember taking off, and the next thing I know I feel the thump as we are landing. Man, I miss those flights.

I flew several times on the SAAB 340s that once were common at American Eagle. They always brought a smile to my face. I loved flying on those planes.

Takes me back, I joined the SAAB 340 program in 1980 to market the aircraft. I flew many many hours on demonstration flights as far as India and the Philippines, favourite seat was forward of the prop!!!!!

I work for a regional airport in Albany, Western Australia. REX Airlines operate the Saab 340B with our regional flights. I also had the privilege of flying in the SAAB 340B 'Hot Seat' return from Albany to Perth. They are a great prop plane & fun to fly in.

Thanks for the video! I liked it 😊 I‘d love to see it being continued as a series about smaller, lesser known routes and operators across europe. Doesn‘t even have to be spectacular, just as relaxed and informative as this video...

I remember flying Skyways SAAB 340 back in the 90ths between Luleå and Sundsvall/Timrå, getting the front left seat was the very most spaceous seat I've ever tried as the door was infront I could stretch my legs fully!

Beautiful Airplane. I’ll be flying one soon

I love this plane ✈️

I was on Saab 2000 and Saab 340 on a return journey with two connections. The 340 was incredibly comfortable on both legs. It is bit noisy and landing can be bouncy but accelerating for take off is lots of fun.

i love the beautiful sound of these turboprops

Not so rare in Australia with over 60 registered mostly with Regional Express Rex, but also Link Airways and Pel Air (cargo). A superbly reliable aircraft for the outback areas and I expect them to fly for many more years. SE-ISG is a Saab 340B built in September 1989.

I've never flown on a Saab 340, but I have flown on a similar Ryanair ATR 42 from my home city of Waterford to London Luton and back on another turboprop, an older Hawker Siddeley 748. I'v have seen Saab 340's at Atlanta Airport and two friends of mine, the widow and daughter of my favourite actor Doug McClure (Trampas in The Virginian) flew on one from LA to Oklahoma City for Doug's induction into the Hall of Great Western Performers in 2014. I flew up from Houston on the same airline, United, but on a Embraer RJ 140 which has the same seat configuration, I learned from this video, as the Saab 340, one row of seats on the left two rows on the right. I got some great photos from my left hand side seat. What brought me here was I that I saw a Saab 340 on Flightradar 24 flying just south of Waterford, a SkyTaxi flight from Wroclaw in Poland, I think it landed here.

Thanks for that quick flight video. Here in western canada Pacific Coastal has a fleet of the Saab 340 as well as Transwest Air, so they are well represented over here. I heard that Pacific Coastal wanted to buy more of them but can't find the airframes

The first plane I flew in my airline career was the Saab 340B. It was a little tank.

i love this turboprop ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Thanks for the video. There are plenty 340's still operating in Australia by Rex Aviation....

If I remember correctly, the SAAB 2000 employed active sound cancelling making it unusually quiet for its time.

Still in use in Auatralia with REX airlines. I flew on one for work last month from Adelaide to Port Lincoln, South Australia.

Fond memories of past flights in Sweden in the 1980 - 90.

Come down to Oz! ReX (aka Regional Express) have literally dozens of Saab 340s. They mostly do milk runs in regional towns, but you do see them at the major airports as well. They're the world's largest operator of the type by (forgive the pun) a country mile.

Me encanta esta aeronave... Operó en Colombia con la extinta compañía Aerotaca

You might like to check out the large fleet of Saab 340B aircraft operated by Regional Express Airline (REX) here in Australia. REX operates regional flights all around Australia. My recent S340B flight was on 21st May 2021 from Mildura MQL to Melbourne MEL in Victoria onboard aircraft VH-ZRJ s/n 340B-396. Thanks for the great video. Cheers from Downunder. Peter Stowell

I will be flying on the Saab 2000 Helsingborg-Stockholm this coming Friday, i was made aware of this by looking at Flightradar24, i scrambled to book it and here we go 🤩✌️

I enjoy videos showing unique flying experiences. Wish I had a video of my short hop on a Junkers flown by SAA back in 1985'ish.

My walk between the bus and work goes directly under the close approach of Perth AU airport. become quite a planespotter. hence a flightradar24 addict. I can now easily ID the Saab 340 from quite a distance. and it does have a distinctive sound, different to the Embraers and DeHavillands. It flys the commuter route from Albany to Perth, about 400km. occasionally they'll put a Dash 8 on the route if its heavily booked (usually a Friday). the Dash 8's go all over the state, but Perth to Albany is the Saabs only consistent route. Im planning a weekender to Albany to visit a mate soon. A pretty big reason is just to go for a joyride on the Saab. Im not gonna tell them that tho. also keen to ride the dashie, but I don't know anybody in the areas it regularly flies to over here.

Truly great video

One should that this flight was made during the pandemic. By now (dec -21) Malmö and other swedish cities are frequently served mainly by ATR-72 . (Air Leap has moved to ARN, serving a few regional airports in cooperation with SAS. So there is normalcy again att BMA and the closure is postponed.

The Saab 340 is a little workhorse. Fly freight in many countries. Like that plane.

I have an SF340 Type Rating.

Love prop lanes.

2 separate 340s fly straight past my house most night's, Cargo versions from Karlsruhe to Dublin

Nice video! 👍✈👏

Thanks for your comment reply. I must correct the date of my flight, it was in fact the 21st of April 2021 not May! Cheers from Melbourne Oz.

Logan Air still operates Saab 340 (the shortest flight in the world 80 seconds Scotland westray)

If you want to fly on one go to Australia 🇦🇺 Rex has a fleet of about 60 Saab 340s

saab 340's are very common here in australia where they are operated mostly by REX

I'd love to see as many prop planes used as possible, both single and twin props. I'm sad to see so many go, especially here in the US. Any chance you get to fly in one, I'd love to see it. Thanks.

I was in the cockpit under an entire commercial flight both ways, even tho im 14

Sadly Austrian is flying no Q400 anymore. Wanted to take these on a short flight from Vienna to Innsbruck or Salzburg. Sadly never had the chance to :(

1:21 takeoff run.

another place is australia were the place with the most turboprops

Air Philippines should've gotten this aircraft when the brand was still existing in the 90s, and if they had gotten this aircraft, I can imagine that PAL Express would've inherited this aircraft from them. So in general, I'm curious to know why the Saab 340 wasn't popular in Asia?

Turbo prop over the Baltic is the worst ride I ever took. I can't imagine flying Widerö prop flights. But I get why airlines use them as its cheaper on shorter trips.

I only flew with Saab 2000

Simole, per thought. But now sideays east

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Swiss -23.14

The closedown of Bromma was not due to any low number of flights. It was all political reasons and the climate fanatics wanted this to happen for decades now.

Your app keeps making planes disappear in many areas since last week

id feel safer on a 340 over a 2000 anyday

noooo nooo noooo i always am a fan or anything original i prefer the saab 340over any new ATRs they dont even sound or look right to me sound like house fans lol saab 340 and Dash 8s had nice sound and traditional look

Rare?. It’s not