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Italy upgrades its fleet and buys one more Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft

Montreal, Canada - The contract with Italy also includes the purchase of kits

Bombardier Aerospace, last Thursday, announced that the Italian Government has purchased one Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft for its firefighting operations. The contract with Italy also includes the purchase of kits to enhance the aircraft with an autopilot, nose radar and flight data recorder. "Our fleet of 16 Bombardier 415 aircraft remains the backbone of our firefighting operations. The Bombardier...

fra/pec - 120969
Rome, Italy, 05/23/2005 17:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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