*Source: Embraer
(NSI News Source Info) Sao Jose dos Campos - June 12, 2009: Embraer is approaching another significant milestone, to be marked by the delivery of its 600th E-Jet, in the third quarter of this year. In 2008, the Company delivered its 400th E-Jet to U.S. operator Republic Airlines, in June, and the 500th to Air France's Regional, in December.
600 E-Jets just five years after the first EMBRAER 170 entered service marks a tremendous achievement for Embraer and is a milestone that only a few programs in aviation history have achieved.
"Delivering 600 E-Jets just five years after the first EMBRAER 170 entered service marks a tremendous achievement for Embraer and is a milestone that only a few programs in aviation history have achieved. The rapid expansion of the world fleet to 52 airlines in 34 countries shows that the rightsizing philosophy introduced by our family of E-Jets has true global applications," said Mauro Kern, Embraer Executive Vice President, Airline Market.
More than 110 million passengers have flown Embraer E-Jets since the first revenue flight, in March 2004. The Company attributes the program's success to the diversity of business applications in which carriers are operating the fleet, as well as to the operational capabilities of the aircraft. Such airlines as Air Canada are using their E-Jets for mainline services, configured with premium cabins and onboard entertainment systems. Because of their largecabin feel, carriers are also scheduling their E-Jets on long-haul routes, some of which exceeding five hours flying time.
The versatility of the E-Jets platform is also seen in low-cost carrier applications in the U.S., Europe and South America. JetBlue Airways (U.S.), Flybe (U.K.), NIKI (Austria), and Azul (Brazil) use Embraer E-Jets to serve cities where larger aircraft are not as economical.
According to Embraer's market analyses, customers deploy their E-Jets in four key ways: rightsizing routes operated by narrowbody aircraft (53%), natural growth from smaller aircraft (24%), opening new markets (17%), and direct replacement of similar-size aircraft (6%).
The E-Jets also operate under extreme environment conditions, from the Arctic cold of Finland to the hot desert temperatures of Saudi Arabia and northern Australia, flying with such carriers as Finnair, Saudia Arabian, and Airnorth. These modern airplanes perform with high rates of dispatch reliability and availability (in excess of 99%), excellent comfort, low fuel consumption, and reduced operating costs, around the globe.
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