Editing Saab 2000 (section)

==Development and design==
In the 1980s, [[Saab Group|Saab]] decided to build a fuselage-stretched<ref name="FI01">{{citation|date=2001|url=https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/disp_old_pdf.cfm?ARC_ID=353|title=Saab 2000 - Archived 7/2001|website=www.forecastinternational.com|access-date=2024-09-20}}</ref>{{rp|p.1}} derivative of its successful [[Saab 340]] twin-turboprop [[regional airliner]]. The new aircraft was planned to meet a perceived demand for a high-speed 50-seat turboprop with good climb performance which could operate over short- and medium-range routes with similar block times to [[jet aircraft]] while retaining the efficiency provided by turboprop engines.<!--<ref name=AirIntFeb93/>--> The new airliner, named the Saab 2000, was formally launched in May 1989, with Saab already having firm orders for 46 aircraft and [[Option (aircraft purchasing)|options]] for a further 147.<ref name="AirIntFeb93">{{cite journal|last=Wheeler|first=Barry|date=February 1993|title=SAAB 2000: An exercise in growth and commonality|journal=Air International|volume=44|issue=2|pages=65–70|issn=0306-5634}}</ref> The aircraft was assembled at Saab's [[Linköping]] factory, with major subcontractors including [[Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA|CASA]], who built the aircraft's wings, [[Short Brothers]], who built the rear fuselage and [[Valmet]] who built the aircraft's tail surfaces.<ref name=JAWA93>Lambert, Mark. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94''. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Data Division, 1993. {{ISBN|0-7106-1066-1}}. pp. 351-356.</ref> The Saab 2000 first flew on 26 March 1992<ref name="Airwaysmag01">{{cite web|url=https://www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/maiden-flight-saab-2000|author=Lee Cross|title=3/26/1992: MAIDEN FLIGHT OF THE SAAB 2000|publisher=Airways Publishing LLC|date=2024-03-26|accessdate=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906052831/https://www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/maiden-flight-saab-2000|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref> and entered into scheduled airline service in September 1994, a few months after its certification by the [[Joint Aviation Authorities]] in March and the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] in April.<ref name=Brasseys99/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Moxon|first=Julian|date=19–25 October 1994|title=Crossair is pleased with Saab 2000 in service|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1994/1994%20-%202509.html|journal=Flight International|volume=146|issue=4443|page=10|issn=0015-3710}}</ref>

The Saab 2000 has a 15% greater [[wingspan]] than the Saab 340,<ref name=AirIntFeb93/> and being {{convert|7.55|m|ftin}} longer can carry up to 58 passengers (while for European Union, the certified Maximum Passenger Seating Capacities is 53 according to the Type-certificate Data Sheet issued by [[European Union Aviation Safety Agency|EASA]].<ref name="EASAcert">{{Cite web|url=
https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/type-certificates/aircraft-cs-25-cs-22-cs-23-cs-vla-cs-lsa/easaa069-saab-2000|title=TYPE-CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET no. EASA.A.069 for SAAB 2000|access-date=2024-03-14}}</ref>) in a high-density layout and 50 with a more comfortable {{convert|32|in|cm}} seat pitch.<ref name="AirIntFeb93" /><ref name=Brasseys99>Taylor, Michael J. H. ''Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000''. London: Brassey's, 1999. {{ISBN|1-85753-245-7}}. pp 231–232.</ref> The 2000 was the first commercial aircraft to use the [[Allison GMA 2100]] [[turboprop]] [[Aircraft engine|engines]], which are derated to {{cvt|4,550|shp|order=flip}} for the plane.<ref name="LeyesFleming">{{cite book|title=The history of North American small gas turbine aircraft engines|url={{GBurl|V0SnFt8JGokC|p=589}}|page=589 |given1=Richard A., II |surname1=Leyes |given2=William A. |surname2=Fleming |year=1999 |publisher=[[National Air and Space Museum]] and [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]] (AIAA) |location=Reston, VA |isbn=1-56347-332-1 |oclc=247550535}}</ref> One engine was mounted on each wing, as in the 340, with the engines placed further from the [[fuselage]] than those of the 340 to reduce cabin noise.<ref name="AirIntFeb93" /> The [[Dowty Rotol|Dowty-Rotol]] [[Propeller (aeronautics)|propellers]] are {{cvt|12.5|ft|order=flip|sigfig=3}} in diameter, and they have a slow [[rotational speed]] of 1,100 [[rpm]] at [[takeoff]] and 950 rpm in cruise.<ref name="Flying199203">{{cite journal|last=George|first=Fred|date=March 1992|title=Saab 2000: Fastest turboprop regional rolls out|journal=Flying|url={{GBurl|6xQw3F-r-LcC|p=56}}|volume=119|issue=3|page=56|issn=0015-4806}}</ref> The aircraft was designed to operate at a maximum cruise speed of [[Mach number|Mach]] 0.62.<ref name="AIAA-98-2283">{{cite conference |date=2–4 June 1998 |conference=AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference |edition=4th |doi=10.2514/6.1998-2283 |title=Propeller noise generation and its reduction on the Saab 2000 high-speed turboprop |pages=457+ |given1=Siv |surname1=Leth |given2=Fredrik |surname2=Samuelsson |given3=Staffan |surname3=Meijer}}</ref>