A firm purchase agreement has been signed between Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Addis Ababa-based Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise (Ethiopian Airlines) for two additional Q400 turboprop airliners that will bring Ethiopian Airlines’ Q400 aircraft fleet to a total of 19 aircraft, the largest total fleet in Africa.
New Airliners Take Flight, Are Certified During The Year
The airline industry saw first flights of multiple new airplanes, and the certification of the latest single-aisle offering from Airbus ... the A320neo. Bombardier also got Transport Canada's approval for its new single-aisle airplane, and orders for new airplanes continued to be strong. Meanwhile, the fate of Malaysia Airlines MH370 remains a mystery. Here are some of the top stories from the commercial airline industry from 2015.
FedEx Corp. has reportedly agreed to purchase 16 Boeing 777 freighters as part of a fleet modernization program. At list prices, the airplanes would cost the shipping company about $5 billion.
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