Editing Saab 2000 (section)

==Operational history==
[[File:Swiss Saab 2000 Cockpit.jpg|thumb|Saab 2000 cockpit]]
[[File:Saab-2000 03.jpg|thumb|Saab 2000 cabin]]
Sales of the Saab 2000 were fairly limited. The major initial customer was [[Crossair]], a regional airline at which [[Swissair]] was the majority shareholder of it since 1993.<ref name="Swissinfo01">{{citation|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/life-aging/entrepreneur-s-charter-airline-goes-bust/33779212|title=Entrepreneur's charter airline goes bust|website=swissinfo.ch|date=2012-10-22|accessdate=2024-09-03}}</ref> Crossair dubbed the aircraft "Concordino".<ref name="Airwaysmag01" />  The airline took delivery of 34 aircraft since year 1994 <ref name="Airwaysmag01" /> and retired the type in year 2005.<ref name="afterburner01">{{cite web|url=https://afterburner.com.pl/saab-2000/|author=Jacek Domański|title=Saab 2000|date=2024-02-27|accessdate=2024-09-03}}</ref>

Crossair also took the delivery of the last example of newly manufactured Saab 2000 on 29 April 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/directory/detail.aspx?aircraftCategory=CommercialAircraft&manufacturerType=CommercialAircraft&navigationItemId=389&aircraftId=199&&searchMode=Manufacturer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517073316/http://www.flightglobal.com/directory/detail.aspx?aircraftCategory=CommercialAircraft&manufacturerType=CommercialAircraft&navigationItemId=389&aircraftId=199&&searchMode=Manufacturer|title=Commercial Aircraft Directory - Saab 2000|publisher=Flightglobal|archive-date=17 May 2013}}</ref> The reason for Saab to cease the production of this aircraft type is due to limited demand, and the low sales during the production period was due to the success of [[regional jets]] such as the [[Bombardier CRJ100/200|Bombardier CRJ]] and [[Embraer ERJ 145 family]] which provided better passenger comfort combined with better profitability.<ref name="afterburner01"/>

France-based carrier [[Regional Airlines (France)|Regional Airlines]] of [[Nantes]] took delivery of its first Saab 2000 turboprop in Paris in year 1995, which was scheduled to serve between Lyon and Madrid.<ref name="AWN01" /> In year 1996, the carrier accepted its fifth Saab 2000 into service, and the aircraft was assigned for the Marseille to Amsterdam route in August 1996.<ref name="FlightGlobal03">{{cite web|date=1996-07-10|title=Regional Saab
|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/regional-saab/6459.article|access-date=2024-09-04}}</ref>

The government of Marshall Islands committed to purchase two Saab 2000s (with an option to purchase two more),<ref name="PIM01" /> and the first delivery was taken by [[Air Marshall Islands]]<ref name="AWN01">{{cite web|title=
Additional Saab 2000 Orders Announced|url=https://aviationweek.com/additional-saab-2000-orders-announced|work=Aviation Week|date=1995-07-16|access-date=2024-09-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240905132345/https://aviationweek.com/additional-saab-2000-orders-announced|archive-date=2024-09-05|url-status=live
}}</ref> to serve Micronesia Island region of the Pacific Ocean between year 1995-1998;<ref name="PIM01">{{cite journal|last=Johnson|first=Gift|date=1999|title=Air Marshalls unloads Saab 2000|journal=Pacific Islands Monthly|volume=69|issue=12|pages=16–17|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-346218321/view?sectionId=nla.obj-347008031&partId=nla.obj-346232347#page/n15/mode/1up|access-date=2024-09-02}}</ref> after that the plane was leased to [[Air Vanuatu]] serving between Fiji and Vanuatu,<ref name="PIM01" /> 
while the lease was terminated in March 1999,{{refn|group=Note|Wiki article [[Air Vanuatu]] refers regarding date of termination.}} and after that such Saab 2000 aircraft was sold to a Europe-based air carrier.<ref name="PIM01" />

[[General Motors]] operated several 36-seat versions of Saab 2000 for corporate shuttle operations out of its Detroit headquarters between 1995 and 2007<ref name="AIN01">{{cite web|url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2008-06-20/saab-340s-recast-corporate-shuttles|title=Saab 340s recast as corporate shuttles|publisher=Aviation International News Media Group|date=2008-06-20|access-date=2024-08-15}}</ref> and during that period was in talks with startup air carrier [[Pro Air]] to launch a regional airline unit to feed flights into Detroit City Airport. GM would offer a free lease on three Saab 2000s in exchange for free flights for its employees and a share in the revenues made on routes eventually chosen by Pro Air.<ref name="CorRAirlineNews01">{{cite journal|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/205007231|title=Pro Air Takes on GM Saab 2000s To Form New Regional|journal=Commuter/Regional Airline News, vol.17,(35):1|date=1999-08-30|via=Proquest|access-date=2024-08-18|id={{ProQuest|205007231}} }}</ref> However, the FAA grounded [[Pro Air]] on 18 September 2000
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2000/09/20/discount-carrier-pro-air-grounded/|title=Discount Carrier Pro Air Grounded|first=Maria| last=Perotin|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=September 20, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=89345&page=1|title=FAA Orders Pro Air to Halt Flights|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=September 19, 2000|accessdate=28 May 2017}}</ref> before consummation of the deal, and on 28 September 2000 NTSB rejected Pro Air's bid to return to the skies.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=118735&page=1|title=Pro Air Remains Grounded|work=ABC News|date=September 28, 2000}}</ref> One of the Saab 2000 aircraft previously operated by GM was delivered to the flight department of [[Penske Corporation]] in April 2008, and the aircraft was used to support the group’s NASCAR auto racing team.<ref name="AIN01" /> 

In the United Kingdom, Saab 2000 aircraft was recognized as a low-ownership-cost<ref name="Scotlandgov01">{{cite conference|date=2016-09-29|conference=29 September 2016 - Islands Transport Forum|conference-url=https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/meeting-papers-29-september-2016-islands-transport-forum/|title=Meeting papers 29 September 2016 Islands Transport Forum (Air Services Scoping document supplementary appendices)
|url=https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/4028/itf-29-sep-2016-air-services-scoping-document-supplementnoary-appendices.pdf |publisher=Transport Scotland}}</ref>{{rp|35}} aircraft at least in the 2010s. In 2014, [[Loganair]] introduced the Saab 2000 aircraft for its services between Shetland and the Scottish mainland.<ref name="Loganair01">{{cite news|url=https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2014/04/14/new-50-seater-aircraft-touches-down/|title=New 50-seater aircraft touches down|work=Shetland News|date=2014-04-14|access-date=2024-09-03}}</ref> [[Eastern Airways]] introduced the Saab 2000 aircraft as early as 2004,<ref name="Advance01">{{cite news|url=https://www.adsadvance.co.uk/eastern-airways-expands-saab-2000-fleet.html|title=Eastern Airways expands Saab 2000 fleet|work=Advance|date=2014-03-18|access-date=2024-09-03}}</ref> and in 2008, the airline was flying six Saab 2000s to serve domestic flights within United Kingdom and to serve the energy-industry business in southern North Sea;<ref name="AIN02">{{cite news|url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2008-10-08/era-2008-eastern-airways-remains-unfazed-soaring-oil-prices|author=Ian Goold|title=ERA 2008: Eastern Airways remains unfazed by soaring oil prices|work=Aviation International News|date=2008-10-08|access-date=2024-09-03}}</ref> the airline's Saab 2000 fleet was further enlarged to nine in 2014,<ref name="Advance01" /> at which the new addition was assigned to serve charter operations for the oil and gas industry while the aircraft type itself served also the scheduled network of Eastern Airways and the ad-hoc charters to European destinations.<ref name="Advance01" />

Estonian airline [[NyxAir]] acquired two<ref name="AWN02">{{cite newsletter|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=NYXAIR|magazine=SpeedNews|location=Kansas|publisher=Aviation Week Network|date=2020-08-21|page=1}}</ref> ex-Loganair Saab 2000 aircraft in August 2020 to work with [[Air Leap]] in Sweden and serving two destinations: [[Malmö Airport|Malmö]] and [[Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport|Ängelholm-Helsingborg]], each of them both connected with [[Stockholm Bromma Airport]] respectively.{{refn|group=Note|Reference source<ref name="NyxJune2020">{{cite news|author=<!--not stated-->|date= |url=https://www.baltic-course.com/eng/good_for_business/?doc=156771&ins_print&output=d|title= airline NyxAir to start serving Swedish domestic routes|work=Estonian daily Postimees|via=The Baltic Course|access-date=2024-09-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240905145440/https://www.baltic-course.com/eng/good_for_business/?doc=156771&ins_print&output=d|archive-date=2024-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref> published in June 2020 revealed the planning while the main text follows another reference source<ref name="ERRee01">{{cite news|date=2020-09-17|url=https://news.err.ee/1136140/nyxair-ready-to-take-on-saaremaa-flight-link-activities|title=NyxAir ready to take on Saaremaa flight link activities|editor=Andrew Whyte|work=ERR News|access-date=2024-09-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240905150849/https://news.err.ee/1136140/nyxair-ready-to-take-on-saaremaa-flight-link-activities|archive-date=2024-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref> published in September 2020 reporting (some of) the operating routes by NyxAir at that time.}} Starting in May 2021, NyxAir's 50-seat Saab 2000 aircraft were once assigned to Finland to operate the [[Kemi-Tornio Airport|Kemi]]-[[Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport|Kokkola]]-Helsinki and [[Jyväskylä Airport|Jyväskylä]]-Helsinki routes.<ref name="ERRee02">{{cite news|date=2021-04-29|url=https://news.err.ee/1608194536/estonian-airlines-competed-for-scheduled-routes-left-open-by-finnair|title=Estonian airlines competed for scheduled routes left open by Finnair
|editor=Margus Muld|work=ERR News|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240905182034/https://news.err.ee/1608194536/estonian-airlines-competed-for-scheduled-routes-left-open-by-finnair|archive-date=2024-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref> NyxAir operated four examples of Saab 2000 aircraft as of 7 May 2021.{{refn|group=Note| The Airline's Operation Specification of the type<ref name="NyxAirSpec2021">{{citation|date=2021-05-07|url=https://www.transpordiamet.ee/sites/default/files/documents/2021-05/delta-10-05-2021_11-23-05.pdf|title=Operation Specification|format=pdf|access-date=2024-09-06}}</ref> refers.}}

Saab 2000 aircraft was deployed for the seasonal service of 2023 between [[Gothenburg]] and [[Lyon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/bra/bra-to-launch-seasonal-service-between-gothenburg-and-lyon/amp/|title= BRA to launch seasonal service between Gothenburg and Lyon|date=2022-10-31|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906071045/https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/bra/bra-to-launch-seasonal-service-between-gothenburg-and-lyon/amp/|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation.direct/en/braathens-accepts-goeteborg-lyon|title=Braathens absorbs Gothenburg-Lyon|date=2022-11-01|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906070223/https://aviation.direct/en/braathens-accepts-goeteborg-lyon|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live
}}</ref> in Europe. The 50-seat Saab 2000 aircraft also served between Finnish capital Helsinki and the Estonian resort town [[Pärnu]] in summer seasonal service of year 2023.<ref name="Parnu01">{{cite web|date=2023-03-01|url=https://www.ecb.ee/news/nyxair-to-launch-flights-between-helsinki-and-parnu-this-summer/|title=NyXAir to launch flights between Helsinki and Pärnu this summer|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906064514/https://www.ecb.ee/news/nyxair-to-launch-flights-between-helsinki-and-parnu-this-summer/|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref>

Transition of registry of four ex-NyxAir Saab 2000 aircraft to a Danish [[Air operator's certificate|AOC]] registry, obtained by Frost Air<ref name="Frost052024">{{cite news|date=2024-05-03|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/139874-swedens-frost-air-secures-danish-aoc|title=Sweden's Frost Air secures Danish AOC|editor=Hilka Birns|publisher=ch-aviation GmbH|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906043215/https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/139874-swedens-frost-air-secures-danish-aoc|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref> at which its aircraft are home-based in Malmö,<ref name="FrostAero">{{cite web|url=https://frost.aero/|title=FROST|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906054554/https://frost.aero/|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref> occurred in July 2024.<ref name="Frost072024 ">{{cite news|date=2024-07-12|url=https://www.mightytravels.com/2024/07/denmarks-frost-air-extends-saab-2000-operations-a-look-at-regional-aviations-future/|title=Denmark’s Frost Air Extends Saab 2000 Operations A Look at Regional Aviation’s Future|publisher=Mighty Media LLC|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906043506/https://www.mightytravels.com/2024/07/denmarks-frost-air-extends-saab-2000-operations-a-look-at-regional-aviations-future/|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref>

For the first converted freighter Saab 2000(F), [[NyxAir]] facilitated a 59-minute post-maintenance test flight in 6 March 2023  at Örebro for the Saab 2000(F) [[Aircraft registration|registered]] as ES-NSJ{{refn|group=Note|(msn 2000-037)}} under NyxAir’s AOC authority.<ref name="Saab2000F01">{{cite web|date=2023-03-10|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/125404-uss-berry-aviation-to-take-delivery-of-first-saab-2000f|author=Howard Jarvis|title=US’s Berry Aviation to take delivery of first Saab 2000F|publisher=ch-aviation GmbH|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240905191420/https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/125404-uss-berry-aviation-to-take-delivery-of-first-saab-2000f|archive-date=2024-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2024, it was reported that the bleed system of Saab 2000(F) has to be redesigned.<ref name="022024SAAB2000F01">{{cite magazine|author=Jeff Lee|title=TAM redesigns Saab 2000F bleed system|url=https://cargofacts.com/allposts/freighter-aircraft/tam-redesigns-saab-2000f-bleed-system/|magazine=Cargo Facts|location=United States|publisher=Royal Media|date=2024-02-02|access-date=2024-09-30|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240929181244/https://cargofacts.com/allposts/freighter-aircraft/tam-redesigns-saab-2000f-bleed-system/|archive-date=29 September 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

For scheduled passenger service in the United States, [[PenAir]] took the delivery of its first Saab 2000 in 2015,<ref name="PenAir2015">{{citation|date=2015-11-09|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/41655-alaskas-penair-adds-maiden-saab-2000|title=Alaska's PenAir adds maiden Saab 2000|author=Ivan Nadalet|publisher=ch-aviation GmbH|access-date=2024-09-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240905042936/https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/41655-alaskas-penair-adds-maiden-saab-2000|archive-date=2024-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref> for an upgrade of the passenger air service to [[Unalaska Airport|Unalaska]] with larger aircraft.<ref>{{cite news|date=2015-01-29|url=https://www.kdlg.org/business/2015-01-29/penair-leases-larger-planes-to-serve-unalaska|title=PenAir Leases Larger Planes to Serve Unalaska|editor=Lauren Rosenthal|work=KDLG Public Radio|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906081459/https://www.kdlg.org/business/2015-01-29/penair-leases-larger-planes-to-serve-unalaska|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref> Some subsequent addition of Saab 2000s to PenAir in year 2016 were examples previously serving the NASCAR teams.<ref>{{cite news|date=2017-03-16|url=https://www.kdlg.org/business/2017-03-16/penair-works-to-integrate-saab-2000s|title=PenAir works to integrate Saab 2000s|work=KDLG Public Radio|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906081000/https://www.kdlg.org/business/2017-03-16/penair-works-to-integrate-saab-2000s|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rzjetsN680PA">{{citation|url=https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=819718|title=rzjets|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906083638/https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=819718|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rzjetsN681PA">{{citation|url=https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=429751|title=rzjets|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906080049/https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=429751|archive-date=2024-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref> According to a press <ref name=“OrinSeybert“>{{cite web|url= https://www.aviationpros.com/airlines/news/21117369/nearly-2-months-after-fatal-crash-unalaskans-are-struggling-to-get-in-the-air |title=Nearly 2 Months After Fatal Crash, Unalaskans are Struggling to Get in the Air |editor=Zaz Hollander |work= Alaska Dispatch News, Anchorage (TNS) |via= AviationPros.com |date=2019-12-09|access-date=2025-02-12|archive-url= https://archive.today/20250212072113/https://www.aviationpros.com/airlines/news/21117369/nearly-2-months-after-fatal-crash-unalaskans-are-struggling-to-get-in-the-air |archive-date= 2025-02-12|url-status=live}}</ref> citing the airline founder Orin Seybert’s saying, Saab 2000 is considered as a plane designed for trips to Unalaska that the turboprop can reach 30,000 feet, travel 400 mph and still land on a 4,000-foot runway.<ref name=“OrinSeybert“ /> This is the first time for a US air carrier to use Saab 2000 aircraft for Part 121 scheduled passenger operations.<ref name="PenAir2015" />

[[Sterling Airways]] in the United States forms a joint venture Alaska Seaplanes to operate Saab 2000 under the brand [[Aleutian Airways]].<ref name="Saab2000AA01">{{cite web|date=2022-08-05|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/106435-sterling-airways-alaska-seaplanes-form-jv-to-serve-unalaska |author=Dominik Sipinski |title=Sterling Airways, Alaska Seaplanes form JV to serve Unalaska|publisher=ch-aviation GmbH|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240911154416/https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/106435-sterling-airways-alaska-seaplanes-form-jv-to-serve-unalaska|archive-date=2024-09-11|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, Aleutian Airways has been granted approval to start charter and scheduled air service to [[Unalaska Airport|Unalaska]] upon completion of a test-flight using Saab 2000 aircraft, and after that charter service commences in September 2022<ref name="Saab2000AA02">{{cite news|date=2022-09-21|url=https://www.kucb.org/regional/2022-09-21/aleutian-airways-gets-faa-approval-to-begin-service-to-unalsakas-tom-madsen-airport|title=Aleutian Airways gets FAA approval to begin service to Unalaska's Tom Madsen Airport |work=Unalaska Community Broadcasting|editor=Maggie Nelson|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240911160420/https://www.kucb.org/regional/2022-09-21/aleutian-airways-gets-faa-approval-to-begin-service-to-unalsakas-tom-madsen-airport|archive-date=2024-09-11|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Aleutian Airways' first scheduled flight serving Unalaska commences in 16 November 2022.<ref name="Saab2000AA03">{{cite news|date=2022-11-23|url=https://www.kucb.org/regional/2022-11-23/unalaskans-hope-new-regional-airline-means-better-local-air-service|title=Unalaskans hope new regional airline means better local air service |work=Unalaska Community Broadcasting|editor=Maggie Nelson|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240911163400/https://www.kucb.org/regional/2022-11-23/unalaskans-hope-new-regional-airline-means-better-local-air-service?_amp=true|archive-date=2024-09-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Extension on Saab 2000's service coverage to [[Sand Point Airport|Sand Point]], [[Cold Bay Airport|Cold Bay]] and, together with a seasonal scheduled service to [[King Salmon Airport|King Salmon]], commences in 2023.<ref name="Saab2000AA04">{{cite news|date=2023-04-26|url=https://www.airwaysmag.com/legacy-posts/aleutian-airways-saab-2000 |editor=Bhavya Velani |title=Aleutian Airways Adds Third Saab 2000, Expands Summer Schedule |work=Airways|access-date=2024-09-12|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240911170526/https://www.airwaysmag.com/legacy-posts/aleutian-airways-saab-2000|archive-date=2024-09-11|url-status=live}}</ref>

Air Charter Express, the passenger division of Freight Runners Express headquartered in Milwaukee WI, took delivery the first example of SAAB 2000 in October 2021. <ref name="rzjetsFRG01" /><ref name="AcumenFRG">{{cite web|date=2021-10-18|url=https://www.acumen.aero/blogs/north-american-newsletter-18-october|title=North American Newsletter 18 October|publisher=Acumen Aviation|access-date=2024-09-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240904164547/https://www.acumen.aero/blogs/north-american-newsletter-18-october|archive-date=2024-09-04|url-status=live}}</ref> Further example acquired in November 2022 <ref name="rzjetsFRG01">{{cite web|url=https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=4739&typeid=172&frstatus=1|title=rzjets|access-date=2024-09-04|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240904153918/https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=4739&typeid=172&frstatus=1|archive-date=2024-09-04|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2022-11-02|title=AIR CHARTER EXPRESS|url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/air-charter-express-4|access-date=2024-09-04|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240904153118/https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/air-charter-express-4|archive-date=2024-09-04|url-status=live}}</ref> is an ex-Eastern Airways' Saab 2000 aircraft{{refn|group=Note|Aircraft registration number "N532FR" as listed in rzjets.net<ref name="rzjetsFRG01" /> refers}} previously served in the United Kingdom.

For military use, [[Pakistan]] completed, in June 2006, the purchase of six Saab 2000 turboprop aircraft equipped with the Saab-Ericsson [[Erieye radar|ERIEYE]] [[Airborne Early Warning]] system while revised in May 2007 due to renegotiation with the [[Government of Pakistan]] that only five aircraft would be delivered and four of which to be equipped with the Erieye system. On 3 April 2008, the first Saab 2000 Erieye [[Airborne Early Warning|AEW&C]] was rolled out and presented to [[Pakistan Air Force]] officials during a ceremony in [[Sweden]].<ref name="defense-update.com">{{cite web|url=http://defense-update.com/features/2008/july08/saab2000_specialmission.html|title=Saab Debut '2000 Special Mission Aircraft at Farnborough|first=Defense|last=Update|access-date=1 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223113231/http://www.defense-update.com/features/2008/july08/saab2000_specialmission.html|archive-date=23 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Subsequent additional orders have been placed in 2017 and 2020,<ref name="denfencein01" /> which further expanded Pakistan’s Erieye fleet; and as at August 2024, Pakistan Air Force has nine Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C Aircraft.<ref name="denfencein01">{{cite news|author=RonitBisht|title=PAF Acquires Ninth Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C Aircraft, Outnumbering India's Capabilities|url=https://defence.in/threads/paf-acquires-ninth-saab-2000-erieye-aew-c-aircraft-outnumbering-indias-capabilities.8924/|work=defense.in|date=2024-08-05|access-date=2024-09-30|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240930024113/https://defence.in/threads/paf-acquires-ninth-saab-2000-erieye-aew-c-aircraft-outnumbering-indias-capabilities.8924/|archive-date=2024-09-30|url-status=live}}</ref>

A Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C aircraft belonging to [[Pakistan Air Force]] was damaged by Indian missile strikes when it was parked in a hangar during the [[2025 India–Pakistan conflict]].