"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."
Source: Yu Wenyong, President of Grand China
Express. 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.