FLYBE has agreed to buy 20 Q400s from Canada's Bombardier over the next four years doubling its turboprop fleet as it prepares its European expansion. Flybe also said it had taken options for another 20 of the 70-seat Q400 planes and was still considering purchasing up to 12 larger jet aircraft from Airbus or Boeing. Flybe bills itself as Europe's third-largest low-cost carrier. The deal follows Flybe's order for 17 Bombardier Q400 aircraft in 2003 on top of the four it already owned.
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