Sat, Sep 06, 2008
Régional – Compagnie Aérienne
Européenne Has Nine On Order
Brazilian planemaker Embraer
announced Friday it recently delivered the first Embraer 170 jet to
Régional – Compagnie Aérienne
Européenne, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Air France
Group. This is the first of a total of nine firm orders it has for
the Embraer 170 from the French airline.
"The delivery of the first Embraer 170 to our largest customer
in Europe, just two years after the airline received its first
Embraer 190, is an especially proud moment for us," said Mauro
Kern, Embraer Executive Vice President, Airline Market. "It is
gratifying to see that the operational flexibility and the
commonality gains of the two E-Jets models in the same fleet will
maximize the benefits to Régional and its discerning
customers."
Régional’s Embraer 170 is configured in a 76-seat
single-class layout. It will enter service this week on the
airline's domestic and intra-European networks.
"We are very pleased to take delivery of our first Embraer 170
jet," said Jean-Yves Grosse, Régional/Air France President
and CEO. "“The combination of the Embraer 170 and the Embraer
190 in the same fleet will give us greater flexibility, enabling us
to rightsize aircraft to meet route demand and ensure optimum
comfort for our passengers."
As Embraer’s largest customer in Europe, Régional
currently operates a total fleet of 48 Embraer aircraft (six
Embraer 190s, 28 ERJ 145s, nine ERJ 135s, and five EMB 120
Brasilias). The airline was created in March 2001 with the merger
of Flandre Air, Proteus Airlines, and Régional Airlines.
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