Chinese company Avic International Holding delivers two MA60 planes to Cameroon Airlines Corporation

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Chinese company Avic International Holding delivers two MA60 planes to Cameroon Airlines Corporation

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- Thursday, 09 April 2015 03:10

(Business in Cameroon) - The fleet of Cameroon Airlines Corporation (Camair Co), the national airline, has just added two airplanes. They were received on April 1, 2015 in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. The two MA60 aircrafts were purchased from Chinese manufacturer, Avic International.

According to the delegate minister to the Cameroonian Minister of Transportation, Mefiro Oumarou, who received the airplanes already painted in the colours of Camair Co, the two MA60 planes will be used to cover the national carrier’s domestic flights. “The planes will soon be put into service,” stated Mefiro Oumarou.

The construction of these two MA60s was financed with a loan totalling 34.5 billion FCFA granted to the State of Cameroon by Eximbank of China.

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