How Do Turboprops Get Delivered To Far Away Customers?

When it comes to the delivery of a new aircraft, large, widebody jets usually have no issue getting from the factory to the customer airline anywhere in the world. But what about delivering regional jets and turboprop aircraft to far-away customers? How does that work? Let’s find out…

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[coldo]

Turboprops get delivered in a large box with "Tamiya" on the front complete with a tub of strong glue and some rubber bands.

[Quintinius]

I worked at ATR delivery center in Toulouse
I remember when we delivered an aircraft to an airliner in Vanuatu, an archipelago in the pacific.
The ferry flight was planned to have 12 stops and would take ~3 weeks before reaching destination. There was a lot of pressure to deliver in time because of all the airport slots they had to book.
This was made even worse due to the airline being black listed in EU.

The ferry flights for Iran Air where long too because their airplanes are forbiden to flight over a lot of countries for political reasons.

[davetissue]

2:16
Damn Brexit is getting out of hand

[chrislohphotography]

Imagine being the pilot who had to ditch a $30 million new plane in the middle of the ocean because of headwinds or bad fuel calculations :-/

[cantybrad]

Air NZ bring our atrs over from France with many stops for fuel along the way

[free_spirit]

Plane delivery crew: "i packed a number of redshirts"
Me: "so they would die instead of me"

[redshirt]

Pilot: "I packed a couple of redshirts...."

Star Trek fans: "No, you fool!"

[anonymouswriter]

Imagine having to deliver an ATR to air nz. That would be the furthest country to deliver to for both countries

[sanchezking]

Simple: You ask the US Navy if one of their aircraft carriers is by any chance going somewhere close to your destination in the next couple of weeks.

[KruskDerTank]

You mean they weren’t deliver in big blue boxes labeled “REVELL”?

[mk]

I’ve done a delivery flight for my a Dash 8-400 from Downsview, Canada to Delhi with 6 transit stops across the journey, wonderful experience 😊😊

[myMotoring]

Is it possible to tow a specialy designed glider behind it just to carry A LOT of fuel so no stopping is required

[coastaku]

I feel proud that the Dash 8 is made near me in Toronto, and when a Toronto based regional airline, Porter, only uses Q400s

[Sarge]

That's how all long haul journeys were made back in the day! Just getting to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus meant refuel stops for the Andover. Flights to RAF airfields in former Empire locations took days, with night stops and refuelling stops along the way.

[Duraltia]

Oof... Redshirts... If the original Star Trek has taught me anything then being a Redshirt in a tight situation is not a favorable thing.

[aerbes]

I love that the Geico gecko does these videos

[rickymwamba]

This question bothered me a lot! Thank you for your enlightenment!

[Zerbey]

Season one of Ice Pilots goes into this in some detail, they deliver a couple of firefighting CL-215s from Canada to Turkey.

[maxoke]

With air New Zealand q300’s they would have to install long range fuel tanks in the cabin to fly from San Francisco to Honolulu which can be up to a 10hour flight, only 2 out of 23 q300’s took the longer route without long range fuel tanks, they had over 3x more stops than with long range fuel tanks

[JetBOY]

Aww I just read this topic in your blog and seeing the video popping in notification bar😅