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NEWS
MILESTONE E-JET DELIVERED
mbraer has marked the delivery
Eof its 1,600th E-jet, an E190-E2 to
Helvetic Airways of Switzerland.
“It’s an honour in my new role as pres-
ident and CEO of Embraer commercial
aviation to deliver this landmark aircraft.
It’s a tremendous milestone in the E-jets
programme and in the company’s history,”
said Arjan Meijer.
“Over the years I have been personally
very close to Helvetic and their E-jets
fleet planning project. Everyone at
Embraer is extremely proud to see such
a renowned airline flying our 1,600th
production E-jet.” rights to the E195-E2, bringing the total formance. The fuel burn is even lower than
Helvetic Airways is currently transi- potential order to 24 E2 aircraft. expected, which makes the airplane even
tioning from a fleet of first-generation “We are especially proud to receive an more environmentally friendly. And we’re
E-jets to E2s. The carrier received its first E2 aircraft in these challenging times for looking forward to resuming operations soon
E190-E2 in October 2019 and has added our industry,” said Tobias Pogorevc, CEO of - with our milestone E190-E2 as well.”
four more since as part of its fleet renewal Helvetic Airways. Airlines and leasing companies from
programme. “And it’s a genuine privilege to share some 50 countries have added Embraer
Helvetic flies the airplanes in a 110-seat this special moment with Embraer. We’ve E-Jets to their fleets since the first-genera-
single-class configuration on domestic and received very positive feedback on the tion jets entered revenue service in 2004.
international routes. The carrier has firm E190-E2, from our passengers and our crews, The new, highly fuel-efficient sec-
orders for 12 E190-E2s and purchase rights since we introduced it into our fleet. We ond-generation E-Jets family, the E2s,
for a further 12 E190-E2s with conversion couldn’t be happier with the aircraft’s per- started flying with airlines in 2018. Q
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