Qantas orders Seven More Q400s

[Ash W]

Originally Posted by Zac M

I have to disagree with most of you. If you ask me, the Dash 8 Q400 is an awesome aircraft. I find it to be very comfortable, there is plenty of leg room (I am over 6ft tall) and I find the seat wide enough. The angle of climb is comfortable, and it tends to handle turbulence very well.

For flights like CBR-SYD it is an ideal aircraft, it can operate at lower altitudes and can have a quicker turn around time.

The biggest issue is the lack of cabin baggage space. Q400's (BTW they are NOT called Dash 8's and Bombardier has never called the 400 a Dash) are very limited and only have a 105cm, 5KG limit. A 737 is 115 and 7KG. They also have a 20KG limit for check luggage and technicaly speaking frequent flyers are not allowed any extra. So really crap if your connecting to an international flight, or another domestic for that matter too.

The 400 is even worse in this regard than the 300's. Think of the number of people that have their bags checked in as premium hand luggage when boarding one.

Now compare to the jungle jets that Virgin Blue fly. Full sized overhead bins, full sized aisle, more comfortable, bigger seats etc etc etc.