One thousand E-Jets

It does not seem that long ago (October 2001) that Embraer of Brazil unveiled what is now known as the ‘E-Jet’ with launch customer Crossair painted on one side.  Crossair was soon to be swallowed up by Swissair, now SWISS.

Based at São José dos Campos, north of Sao Paulo, Embraer has now delivered the 1,000th E-Jet production aircraft.  The E175 was handed over to Republic Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings Inc, which will operate the aircraft on behalf of American Eagle.

“This is truly a remarkable milestone given that we delivered 1,000 airplanes in less than 10 years”, said Frederico Curado, President and CEO of Embraer SA.  “This makes Embraer E-Jets among the most successful aircraft programmes in the history of commercial aviation.  We share this achievement with all of our customers, suppliers and especially our Embraer employees”.

The E-Jets family entered revenue service in 2004 when the first aircraft was delivered to LOT Polish Airlines.  Currently, E-Jets are flying with 65 airlines from 45 countries.  In June of this year, Embraer launched the second generation of the E-Jets family – E-Jets E2 – the first of which is slated to enter service in 2018. www.embraer.com

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