EMBRAER DELIVERS 20TH E-JET TO FRANCE’S REGIONAL

Air France subsidiary operates a 100% dedicated Embraer jet fleet

 

 

São José dos Campos, June 28, 2010 – Embraer achieved a significant milestone, today, with the delivery of the 20th E-Jet to Regional – Compagnie Aérienne Européenne, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of the Air France Group. The delivery of the aircraft – an EMBRAER 170 – marks the last of a total of 20 firm orders by Regional. The French carrier keeps four options for the E-Jets family.

The new Regional EMBRAER 170, configured in a 76-seat single-class layout, will join the 19 EMBRAER 170s and EMBRAER 190s already in service. It will be deployed on the carrier’s inter-regional network, which covers 43 major cities in Europe. Regional has a fleet of 53 Embraer aircraft (ten EMBRAER 190s, ten EMBRAER 170, 27 ERJ 145s, and six ERJ 135s), making it the manufacturer’s largest customer in Europe.

 

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