On April 29th, 2013, Bombardier announced the sale of one Q400 NextGen turboprop to RwandAir.
The airline will become the newest operator of Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft in Africa, and its Q400 NextGen aircraft will join more than 40 Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft that are already in service with, or have been ordered by, 11 operators in nine countries in Africa.
With this order, Bombardier has firm orders for 468 Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft. Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft have transported more than 243 million passengers and have logged over 3.8 million flight hours and more than 4.1 million take-offs and landings in service with more than 40 operators in over 30 countries on five continents.