Viking buys Bombardier Q series program

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Viking has bought the Bombardier Q series present and past for $300 million. They also now own the rights for the De Haviland Canada trade mark. It will be interesting to see if they can do for the Q100/200/300 with what they have done for the Twin Otter. 

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Pretty impressive for a relatively small company like Viking to acquire the whole Dash 8 program. Any information about where the production line will be? Also wondering how well will Viking do with providing post sales support to the few hundreds of dashes spread worldwide.

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Do you have any sources?

I  only read that Viking Air is interested in taking over, nothing more

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In German: https://www.aerotelegraph.com/bombardier-verkauf-dash8-q400-viking-air-will-ihre-turboprops-nicht-mehr

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thanks

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What a shame!  :(  :(  :mellow:

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2018/11/08/bombardier-selling-q400-turboprop-line-cutting-5000-jobs-as-it-moves-to-strengthen-balance-sheet/#e87c5bc17366