Saab 107

The Saab 107 was a proposed series of small airliners that Saab AB of Sweden intended to build but never did. Two variants of this feederliner were studied at Svenska Aeroplan AB from 1966 to 1968, with a first operating date projected for 1973. The Saab 1071 was a 40-seat high-wing design with four turboprop engines in the 800 horsepower class, aimed at very short routes between small domestic fields and international hubs, with a short take-off run of 800 metres. The Saab 1073 was an 80-passenger design with two turbofans under a swept high wing for longer domestic routes. A model of the 1071 was shown at the Hannover air show in April 1968. Saab needed foreign partners to share the development cost, none came forward, and the project, called Project 10, was abandoned.