Sun, May 25, 2008
Grand China Express Is Mainland Launch Customer
In a ceremony held last Tuesday at Embraer headquarters in
São José dos Campos, Brazil, the planemaker delivered
the first E-190 jet to China’s Grand China Express. The
airline is controlled by the Hainan Airlines Group, and is the
launch customer of this E-Jets family model in China.
The aircraft delivered to Grand China Express is configured to
comfortably accommodate 106 passengers in a single-class layout.
The company also has an additional 49 firm orders for the same
aircraft to be delivered over the coming years.
"It is always a pleasure to welcome another airline to join the
growing group of more than 30 E-Jets operators," said Mauro Kern,
Embraer Executive Vice President, Airline Market. "In this specific
case, we’re especially excited because it is our first
Embraer 190 delivery in mainland China and we’re entering
that market with the right partner – Grand China Express: an
ambitious, fast-growing airline based in Tianjin, the third largest
Chinese city."
"Grand China Express has been operating eight ERJ 145 jets,
since the first delivery in September 2007, which paved the way for
further cooperation between the two companies," said Yu Wenyong,
President of Grand China Express. "We are very pleased to take
delivery of the first Embraer 190, which will fly for the first
time in the skies of mainland China. You gave life to the bird; we
will make it soar in the unbounded sky."
In October 2007, Grand China Express received the 1000th jet of
the ERJ 145 family, manufactured in Harbin, China, by Harbin
Embraer Aircraft Industry Co. Ltd. (HEAI), a joint venture between
Embraer and AVIC II. The Chinese airline has a total of 50 firm
orders for the ERJ 145 jet.
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