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Embraer
190 jet on exhibit in China air show
31 October 2006
São
José dos Campos:
Embraer is strikingly present
at the 6th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition,
which runs from October 31 to November 5, 2006, in Zhuhai
City, Guangdong Province, China. "Embraer in China"
is the theme of the press conference to be held on October
31. And "In China" has literal meaning.
Since the Harbin Embraer
joint venture began operations in 2003, sixty-six 50-seat
ERJ 145 jets have been ordered - and ten delivered - for the
growing Chinese market, meeting a demand that Embraer forecasts
will reach 590 jets, in the 30 to 120-seat category, over
the next 20 years.
Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry
(HEAI) is a joint venture formed by Embraer and China Aviation
Industry Corporation II (AVIC II) in 2002. With 175 employees,
this facility is capable of producing up to twenty-four ERJ
145 aircraft per year. To date, HEAI has sold 66 aircraft
to four Chinese airlines: China Southern, China Eastern Airlines
Jiangsu, China Eastern Airlines Wuhan, and the HNA Group.
Currently, there are 16 ERJ 145s in operation in China, including
five for Sichuan Airlines, produced in Brazil. Worldwide,
Embraer has delivered over 960 jets of the ERJ 145 family.
"We are enthusiastic about the presence of the EMBRAER
190, on its 21-week world demo tour, for the first time in
China. Its efficiency, economy and contemporary engineering
meet the needs of our expanding airline industry. At this
air show, we are demonstrating that Brazilians and Chinese
can experience the synergy that drives a successful operation,"
Guan Dong Yuan, Managing Director, Embraer China.
The EMBRAER 190 will be shown
at the static display and will also perform a demo flight
with passengers, on October 31. The EMBRAER 190 has been on
a six-city tour in China, after successfully completing tours
in Europe and the Americas. The specially configured 93-seat
E-Jet visited Beijing, Urumchi, Chengu, Kinming, Shanghai,
and Haikou.
The standard configuration
of the EMBRAER 190 has 100 seats in a two-by-two arrangement.
This particular dual-class demonstration aircraft is especially
configured with nine premium and 84 economy seats to emphasize
the versatility of cabin layouts. The airplane is equipped
with a video and audio on-demand passenger entertainment system
with individual TV screens at each seat.
The EMBRAER 190 is one member
of a family of four E-Jet models, a new generation of aircraft
optimized for the 70 to 110-seat capacity segment. It is currently
in service with JetBlue Airways (USA), Air Canada (Canada),
Copa Airlines (Panama), and TAME (Ecuador). The aircraft is
on order with HNA Group (China), AeroRepública (Colombia),
Finnair (Finland), Air France's Régional Airlines (France),
GECAS (USA), Mandarin Airlines (Taiwan Region), and US Airways
(USA).
Note to Editors
Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. - NYSE:
ERJ; Bovespa: EMBR3) is the world's leading manufacturer of
Commercial jets up to 110 seats with 37 years of experience
in designing, developing, manufacturing, selling and providing
after sales support to aircraft for the Commercial aviation,
Executive aviation, and Defense and Government segments. With
headquarters in São José dos Campos, State of
São Paulo, the Company has offices and customer service
bases in the United States, France, Portugal, China and Singapore.
Embraer is among Brazil's leading exporting companies. As
of September 30, 2006, Embraer had a total workforce of 18,336
people, and its firm order backlog totaled $13.3 billion.
der for 12 EMBRAER 170 jets,
plus eight options convertible to other models of the E-Jets
family. Today's announcement marks the confirmation of all
of Finnair's options. When completed, the Finnair E-Jets fleet
will consist of ten EMBRAER 170 and ten EMBRAER 190 jets.
"We see this decision
by Finnair as a significant endorsement of our E-Jets family,"
said Frederico Fleury Curado, Embraer Executive Vice-President,
Airline Market. "Finnair's choice is of special importance
to us, as they are a world-class airline offering a high level
of customer service and are operating their EMBRAER 170 and
EMBRAER 190 jets in a challenging weather environment."
Finnair's EMBRAER 190 E-Jets
are configured to accommodate up to 100 passengers. The airline
should receive its first EMBRAER 190 in December 2006. This
aircraft comes from the conversion of two firm EMBRAER 170
jet orders into EMBRAER 190 jets, as announced in December
2005. At that time, simultaneously, the Finnish company also
announced that it converted four options into EMBRAER 190
jets firm orders.
"This order will complete
our European fleet. The EMBRAER jets have brought flexibility
to our capacity management. With the help of the Embraer aircraft
we have been able to launch new destinations and increase
frequencies in our European network, which provides smooth
connections to our Asian routes," says Finnair President
and CEO Jukka Hienonen. "The cockpits of the EMBRAER
170 and the EMBRAER 190 jets are completely compatible with
each other and the same crews can operate both aircraft models."
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