North SaanichB次元官网网址檚 Viking Air Ltd. has announced the sale of more of its Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft to Fiji Airways.

The local aircraft manufacturing company says it has sold three Twin Otters to Fiji Airways for use as regional commuter aircraft throughout the island nation. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery between October of this year and February 2018. they will add to Fiji AirwaysB次元官网网址� existing fleet of three legacy Twin Otter aircraft - which that company has been operating for the last decade.

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The Series 400 Twin Otters will be delivered as standard land planes in 19-passenger configuration, and equipped with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 turbine engines and Honeywell Primus Apex fully integrated digital IFR avionics suite.

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The sale is good news for the local aircraft company, following a that took effect at the end of July.