SALZBURG, Austria, Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Guernsey-based
regional carrier Aurigny Air Services has signed a firm contract
with Embraer Commercial Aviation for one E195 jet. The transaction
was announced today at a press briefing in Salzburg at the annual general meeting of the
European Regions Airline Association (ERA – www.eraa.org). The firm
order will be included in Embraer's 2013 third quarter backlog.
Delivery is scheduled in the first semester of 2014.
The E195 is the first jet aircraft to be added to the Aurigny
Air Services fleet. The airline currently flies turboprops on six
daily frequencies on its principal route between the London Gatwick
Airport and Guernsey. With 122 slim seats in single-class layout,
the E195 will enable the carrier to increase the number of daily
flights to eight and offer much-needed additional capacity.
"The E195 has proven to be an ideal aircraft for high-volume,
high-frequency markets," said Paulo Cesar
Silva, President & CEO, Embraer Commercial Aviation.
"I'm confident Aurigny will appreciate the E195's low operating
costs and high reliability when it introduces the jet on its
flagship route."
"The acquisition of the E195 is a major step forward for our
company," said Mark Darby, CEO of
Aurigny Air Services. "The London Gatwick route is very important
for us. We've been mandated by the State of Guernsey to increase
capacity and upgrade the quality of our overall service so we
decided to move up to a jet. The E195 was the natural choice."
Since they entered revenue service in 2004, the E-Jets family
has received more than 1,300 orders. The company recently delivered
the 1,000th production aircraft to Republic Airways of
the USA. Currently, E-Jets are
flying with 64 airlines from 45 countries. In Europe, 24 airlines have added E-Jets to their
fleets. The versatile 70- to 130-seat, four-aircraft family is
flying with low cost airlines, regional and mainline carriers.
Collectively, the E-Jets fleet has accumulated more than 10 million
flight hours.
About Aurigny Air Services
Aurigny Air Services was launched in 1968. Today, the Guernsey
Airport based operator employs around 290 staff throughout the
Channel Islands, UK and
France. Aurigny which carried its
nine millionth passengers early this year deploys turboprop
aircraft on scheduled services between Guernsey, Jersey and
Alderney, and to destinations in the UK and Continental Europe.
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