2007News

Shopping for airplanes in Brazil

President Leonel Fernandez has on his agenda for his summer trip to Brazil to visit the Embraer aviation company to look into the purchase of a fleet of airplanes for the Dominican aviation. As reported in El Dia, US$45.6 million in commercial bank financing, or about 80% of the global cost of the Super Tucano AT-26 airplanes that are said to cost US$9.5 million each, would also be secured from Brazilian sources.