On December 18th, 2013, Bombardier announced that Air Cote d’Ivoire had firmed its agreement to purchase two Q400 NextGens with options on an additional two aircraft.
Bombardier’s Dash 8/Q-Series and CRJ aircraft now comprise 50 per cent of the fleet of 37 to 120 seat aircraft in Africa with 160 aircraft in service or on order by more than 40 operators.
Worldwide, Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft have transported more than 295 million passengers and have logged over 4.7 million flight hours with more than 5 million take-offs and landings. There are 50 customers and operators of Q400s in over 30 countries on five continents.
