On November 18th, 2013, Bombardier announced that Palma Holding Limited signed a letter of intent to purchase up to eight Q400 NextGen aircraft. The agreement is for the delivery of four firm aircraft and four options. Palma intends to lease four aircraft onwards to Ethiopian Airlines.
Ethiopian Airlines currently operates 13 Q400 NextGen airliners in its fleet.. Bombardier currently has, in the Middle East and Africa region, more than 200 Dash 8/Q-Series turboprops, CRJ regional jets and CSeries aircraft in service or on firm order.
