Embraer has reached a new milestone in the E-Jet program, the delivery of the grandfatheróproduction noón número 1700 for the airínea KLM.
The E195-E2 leased by Aircastle was handed over to KLM Cityhopper in a ceremony at the Embraer facilities in São Ifé two fields.
The E-Jets have enjoyed a églobal success in the fleets of 150 aerolíNeas and compañím lease aceás de 50 países since the first avión entró in commercial service in 2004. The E195-E2 is part of a family of E-Jets de generationón advanced aircraft offering más silent, less polluting and máfuel-efficient cars on the market for less than 150 seating.
The Embraer E-Jet 1700
The E195-E2 is the avión comercial más big Embraer with capacity for up to 146 passengers. The configurationón of KLM Cityhopper tiene 132 seats in three classes: Business Class, Economy Comfort y Economy Class. Today's delivery is the E-Jet número 60 for the airícompany that operates a mixed fleet of 47 E2 de primera generationóno and 13 advanced, the más big Europe. KLM has orders 12 E195-E2 más, with options for 10 más.
During the ceremony in Brazil, Warner Rootliep, Director General of KLM Cityhopper, I stand outó the efficiency of E2 in his speech:
“We are proud that with the úlast additionón our KLM Cityhopper fleet, Embraer reaches this great milestone, namely, the delivery of the grandfatheróproduction noón número 1700. A great time to celebrate the manyñthose of collaborationón between KLM Cityhopper and Embraer. This E2 will take usá más far to become one of the líderes en la transformationón of the aviation industryón to be más sustainable”.
Francisco Gomes Net, President and CEO of Embraer, attributedó the longevity of the E-Jets program to continuous improvement:
“We are always looking for ways to improve our aircraft, reducing operating costs, extending maintenance intervals and adding new technologyía. And recently, el E2 tambiéén has proven that he can fly with PURE al 100%, what makes themún máare sustainable”.
The innovative E-Jets family of Embraer continútransforming aviationón commercial. The program has registered más de 1.900 m requestsás de 100 customers. Hoy, 80 aerolíEmbraer E-Jets fly. The planes seeáuseful ones fly on all continents with aerosolílow cost lines, regional and traditional.
