Japanese start-up Fuji Dream Airlines has taken delivery of its first aircraft.

Embraer says in a statement Fuji Dream took delivery of its first aircraft, an Embraer 170, during a ceremony in Brazil.

The airline’s general manager airline business, Masatoshi Inuyama, earlier this month told ATI that it would be receiving the aircraft around this time and the E-170 will arrive in Japan on 24 or 25 February.

Fuji Dream is based in Shizuoka city and the new airport there - Mt Fuji Shizuoka Airport - is due to open in June.

Inuyama said Fuji

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