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. At the time, De Havilland’s backlog of Dash 8-400s – the only remaining in-production Dash 8 variant – stood at 51 aircraft, according to previous FlightGlobal reporting. That backlog now stands at 21 Dash 8-400s, according to the most-recent Cirium fleets data. Ethiopian and several affiliated carriers, some part-owned by Ethiopian, operate Dash 8-400s. Airlines globally have nearly 1,100 Dash 8s in storage or service, including 563 Dash 8-400s, Cirium data shows.

Source: Ethiopian News October 26, 2020 19:41 UTC