IDe Havilland Aircraft yaseCanada Limited ibhengeza ukuhanjiswa kweenqwelomoya ezimbini zeDash 8-400 kwiItiopian Airlines, kubandakanya inqanaba lenqwelomoya^th Iinqwelo moya eziyi-8-400. Amashumi amathathu^th Inqwelomoya - iMSN 4617 - ilungiselela ukumka iye kwihabhu yase-Itiyopiya eAddis Ababa, kunye nenqwelomoya yeMSN 4615. I-Ethiopia yamkela inqwelomoya yeDash 8-400 ngenqanawa yayo ngo-Matshi 2010.

“Esi siganeko singama-30^th ukuhanjiswa kubonisa ukuzithemba kwethu kwiinqwelomoya zeDash 8-400 kwaye kububungqina kwimpumelelo edibeneyo yokuxhasa uthungelwano lwethu kunye nobambiswano lobuchule nabathwali abaliqela kwiAfrika iphela, utshilo uTewolde GebreMariam, iGosa eliyiNtloko leQela lesiGqeba, i-Ethiopian Airlines. Inqwelomoya yeDash 8-400 iyaqhubeka nokubonelela ngokusebenza okuguqukayo, ukusebenza ngokukhethekileyo, amandla kunye nentuthuzelo yabakhweli esiyifunayo. Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, inqwelomoya yeDash 8-400 ixhasa isicwangciso sobunkokeli esithembele kuso kwintengiso yethu - ingakumbi kula maxesha angazange abonwe ngexesha lobhubhane we-COVID-19. ”

"Siyavuyisana neenqwelomoya zase-Ethiopia ngokuqhubeka nokukhula okumangalisayo kunye nokunxibelelana okwandayo e-Afrika," utshilo uSameer Adam, usekela-mongameli wengingqi, ukuthengisa - IYurophu neRashiya, Middle East, Afrika, kunye noMzantsi Melika / neCaribbean. “I-Ethiopia ithathe amanyathelo amahle kakhulu ukomeleza amandla abo ngokufumana umlinganiso wokuqala we-Dash 8-400 ye-Afrika nangokongeza isimulator yesibini; ukufezekiswa njengeZiko leNkonzo eligunyazisiweyo; kunye nokubonisa ixabiso loqwalaselo lodidi lweshishini kwiinqwelomoya zommandla eAfrika. Ngokuqinisekileyo sijonge phambili kwimizekelo yobunkokheli obuqhubekayo base-Ethiopia kunye nempumelelo yamaqhina abo aqhubekayo ne-ASKY Airlines, Malawi Airlines, Ethiopian Moçambique Airlines kunye neTchadia Airlines ekusebenzeni kweenqwelo moya zeDash 8-400 eAfrika iphela. ”

Iinqwelo-moya ezingaphezu kwe-155 zeDash 8 Series e-Afrika ibandakanya ngaphezulu kwe-90 Dash 8-400 yeenqwelomoya. Ehlabathini lonke, ngaphezulu kwe-155 yeenqwelo moya, iinkampani eziqeshisa kunye neminye imibutho iyalele phantse i-1,300 yeDash 8 yenqwelomoya.