De Havilland delivers another two Dash 8-400s to Ethiopian

De Havilland Canada has delivered another two Dash 8-400s to Ethiopian Airlines, bringing to 30 the number of the turboprops received by Ethiopian and its affiliates. The Canadian airframer announced in recent days that it handed over the two aircraft. Ethiopian CE Tewolde GebreMariam attributes the Dash 8-400 as supporting “the cost-leadership strategy will rely on in our market, particularly in these unprecedented times during the Covid-19 pandemic”. De Havilland parent Longview Aviation Capital purchased the Dash 8 programme from former owner Bombardier in June 2019. Longview placed the programme into its newly created De Havilland subsidiary. At the time, De Havilland’s backlog of Dash 8-400s – the only remaining in-production Dash 8 variant – stood at 51 aircraft. That backlog now stands at 21 Dash 8-400s, according to the most-recent Cirium fleets data.<br/>