Operators
As of June 2009, Saab Aircraft AB reports there were 413 Saab 340s in service with 61 operators in 30 countries having accumulated 13,499,000 flight hours on over 15 million flights. SAAB is considering extending the airframe lifespan, which initially was 60,000 hours and 90,000 cycles, up to 75,000 hours. The most used aircraft in the fleet had reached over 57,000 hours as of March 2011 and over 60,000 cycles.
Nine SAAB 340s have been written off in accidents, 6 of them without fatalities.
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