SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil,
May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Congo
Airways have converted the firm order made in December 2019 for two E175 aircraft, with
purchase rights for two more, into a firm order for two E190-E2
jets, with purchase rights for a further two. The new deal has a
total value of USD 256 million at
current list prices with all purchase rights exercised, and will be
included in Embraer's second quarter backlog.
Desire Bantu, CEO of Congo Airways said, "These new jets will be
replacing our legacy turboprops and will allow us to extend our
operations within the Democratic Republic
of Congo, and regionally to West, Central, and Southern Africa. Despite the current difficult
circumstances, the fundamentals of our market have not changed; so
we expect the momentum we've seen in the past to redevelop. I said
in December that we may need to make an additional order for E2s
due to the agility required to adapt to market changes – we
have now reached that point. As we prepare for future success, we
will have the flexibility, and the right sized, most efficient
aircraft, to serve our customers as the arket returns."
"It's great to welcome another airline to the E2 and the Embraer
family of operators, especially in Africa where the demand for regional travel
had been growing strongly before the current crisis. Africa has long been a market with low
frequencies and long thin routes. As airlines start ramp up their
operations, the E2 family of aircraft is perfectly positioned to
right size routes previously operated by narrowbodies, while
keeping frequencies and adjusting capacity to new levels." said
Raul Villaron, Vice
President Sales, Africa and
Middle East, Embraer Commercial
Aviation "We look forward to supporting Congo Airways as they
continue to upgrade their offering to their customers."
The aircraft will be configured in a dual class layout seating
96 passengers in total, with 12 staggered business class seats.
Deliveries are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2022.
This is second E2 order received from an African customer. There
are currently 189 Embraer aircraft operating in Africa with 54 airlines in 27 countries.
Embraer is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial
aircraft up to 150 seats with more than 100 customers across the
world. For the E-Jets program alone, Embraer has logged more than
1,800 orders and 1,500 aircraft have been delivered. Today, E-Jets
are flying in the fleets of 80 customers in 50 countries. The
versatile 70 to 150-seat family is flying with low-cost airlines as
well as with regional and mainline network carriers.
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designs, develops, manufactures and markets aircraft and systems,
providing Services & Support to customers after-sales.
Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than
8,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft
manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world,
transporting over 145 million passengers a year.
Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 150
seats and the main exporter of high value-added goods in
Brazil. The company maintains
industrial units, offices, service and parts distribution centers,
among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia
and Europe.
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