São
José dos
Campos,
Brazil,
December 18,
2018 – Embraer
celebrates the
delivery of
its 1,500th
E-Jet, an
E175, to
Seattle-based
Horizon Air, a
wholly owned
subsidiary of
Alaska Air
Group, Inc.
Horizon Air’s
E175 is
configured
with 12 seats
in first
class, 12 in
premium class
and 52 in the
main cabin. By
the end of the
year, Horizon
will have a
fleet of 26
E175 with four
more jets
scheduled for
delivery in
2019.
“Delivering
our 1,500th E-Jet
is no small
feat. Over the
years we have
continuously
worked to
outperform in
order to offer
our customers
the best
solution for
their business
models, and
the E-Jet
family’s
success in the
market is
proof of that
effort and
thought
process within
the Company,”
said John
Slattery,
President
& CEO,
Embraer
Commercial
Aviation.
“Celebrating
this special
milestone with
such an
esteemed
airline
operator is an
incredible
honor, and
partnerships
like these
inspire us to
continuously
propel our
vision of
building the
best, most
efficient
aircraft to
greater
heights.”
“We’re
thrilled to
have more than
doubled the
number of
E175s in our
fleet over the
past year,”
said Gary
Beck, Horizon
Air president.
“Since
introducing
them in 2017,
the Embraer
jets have been
a huge hit
with our
guests flying
to and from
our West Coast
hubs and focus
cities. With
all the
comforts of a
larger
mainline jet,
guests can
stay connected
with inflight
Wi-Fi and
enjoy no
middle seat
whenever they
fly.”
Embraer’s
E-Jet family
has made its
mark in the
aviation
landscape as
Embraer is the
only
manufacturer
to develop a
modern family
of four
aircraft
specifically
targeted for
the 70 to
130-seat
segment.
Embraer has
sold more than
435 E175s to
airlines in
North America
since January
2013, earning
more than 80%
of all orders
in the 76-seat
jet segment.
With
an average
mission
completion
rate of 99.9%
and more than
18 million
flight cycles,
the E-Jet
fleet has
surpassed the
25 million
flight hour
milestone. In
addition to
their proven
reliability,
E-Jets have a
strategically-located global network of customer support and services,
four of which
owned by
Embraer and 13
are
authorized.
In
2013, Embraer
launched the
second
generation of
E-Jets, the
E-Jets E2,
comprised of
three aircraft
– E175-E2,
E190-E2,
E195-E2. In
April 2018,
Embraer
delivered its
first E190-E2
to Norway’s
Widerøe,
Scandinavia’s
largest
regional
airline. The
E195-E2 is
slated to
enter service
in 2019 with
Azul Linhas
Aéreas
Brasileiras
S.A. and the
E175-E2 in
2020.
Embraer
is the world’s
leading
manufacturer
of commercial
jets up to 150
seats. The
Company has
100 customers
from all over
the world
operating the
ERJ and E-Jet
families of
aircraft.
Embraer has
received
almost 1,800
orders for the
E-Jet family
and delivered
1,500 of those
orders.
Because of
their
versatility,
the E-Jets
redefined the
traditional
concept of
regional
aircraft as
they also
serve mainline
and low cost
carriers.
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