An early artist illustration of what the proposed Saab-Fairchild commuter would look like. Major changes are: redesigned cockpit windscreen, new engine nacelles revolving around the particular requirements of the General Electric CT7 engine, marginally increased sweep angle on vertical tailplane, redesigned rudder, number of passenger windows increased and emergency exit moved to an over-wing installation. First flight of the 340 (conveniently situated numerically between the Shorts 330 and 360) will be in early 1983, with initial customer deliveries commencing a year later.