Bahrain,January 12, 2012Embraer will
participate in the second edition of the
),January 19-21, at Sakhir Airbase in the
Kingdom of Bahrain . The Company will promote
its full line of commercial jets and showcase the EMBRAER
175 (E175) in the static display.The
Kingdom of Bahrain is a very important market
for Embraer, and we are proud of our successful partnership
with Gulf Air, which has been an E-Jet operator since
2010,"
stated Mathieu Duquesnoy, Vice President - Middle
East & Africa - Embraer Commercial Aviation.
Since the EMBRAER 170 (E170) entered service in the
Middle East , with Saudi Arabian Airlines, in 2005,
Embraer's presence in the region has grown significantly.
Sixty-six firm orders for E-Jets have been placed there.
The four models of the E-Jets family, seating from 70 to
122 passengers, are the second most used aircraft for intra
Middle Eastflights, being operated by ten
airlines to primarily rightsize routes and reduce excess
narrowbody capacity. Today, an E-Jet takes off every five
minutes, serving 150 routes in the Middle
East In December 2011, at the Dubai Airshow, Embraer
named Kuehne + Nagel to offer its E-Jets customers a new
spare parts distribution center in Dubai . Complementing
the Embraer authorized service center in Cairo
(Egypt) and three full-flight simulators in Jeddah (Saudi
Arabia), Bahrain , and Amman (Jordan), this new
facility reinforces customer support to the Company's
expanding commercial aviation fleet in the Middle
East and in Africa
The E-Jets family has more than 800 commercial jets
in operation with 60 companies in 40 countries, and over
1,000 firm orders.
About the Embraer family of E-Jets
The Embraer family of E-Jets consists of
four commercial jets with 70 to 122 seats, featuring
advanced engineering design, efficient performance,
outstanding operating economics, low emissions levels, and
a spacious single-aisle cabin with no middle seats
(2x2).
The E-Jets have a maximum cruising speed of Mach
0.82, can fly at 41,000 feet (12,500 meters)
and have ranges of up to 2,400 nautical miles (4,450
kilometers). The high degree of commonality among the four
aircraft - EMBRAER 170, EMBRAER 175, EMBRAER 190 and
EMBRAER 195 - results in exceptional savings for carriers,
in terms of crew training and the cost of spare parts and
maintenance. Another key feature of the E-Jets is the
state-of-the-art, fly-by-wire technology, which increases
operating safety, while reducing pilot workload and fuel
consumption.
The double-bubble fuselage design provides superior
comfort and includes two main passenger entrances and two
service doors, thus minimizing aircraft turn-around time.
The E-Jets offer much more space for passengers, in a
single or dual-class layout, than other aircraft with
similar seating capacities. For more details, visit
www.EmbraerCommercialJets.com
The E-Jets have achieved outstanding success, with
over 1,000 firm orders logged from 60
companies in 40 countries . More than 800 E-Jets have been
delivered and have, collectively, accumulated six
million flight hours and transported 250 million
passengers, worldwide. This proven family is helping
airlines to rightsize low load factors on narrowbody
routes, to replace older, inefficient aircraft, and to
develop new markets with lower operating costs, greater
efficiency, and outstanding passenger
comfort..