Merpati offered Chinese planes

Merpati Nusantara Airlines is being offered a loan of US$ 250 million to buy 50-seater planes from China. This is exactly the N-250 class!! Curse you IMF!

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Added on Sept.10:
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The planes are 50-seater MA-60 produced by Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company Ltd. It looks like Fokker F-27/F-50. The aircraft derives from Y-7, Chinese version of popular Russian transporter An-24.