SALZBURG, Austria, Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Belavia of
Minsk, Belarus, has signed a firm
contract for two E195s with Embraer Commercial Aviation. 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.
The aircraft will join two E175s already operating at the
airline. The acquisition is part of the carrier's fleet renewal
initiative to replace older aircraft. The first E195 will be
delivered in the first semester of 2014.
"Belavia has seen the enormous potential of E-Jets and selected
the E195 to complement the E175s as they replace larger-capacity
aircraft," said Paulo Cesar Silva,
President & CEO, Embraer Commercial Aviation. "The exceptional
seat-kilometer cost of the E195 and its crew and parts commonality
with the E175 will deliver even better economics and operating
efficiency to the airline."
Belavia selected the E195 to replace its older narrow-bodied
jets. The aircraft are configured with 107 seats in a two-class
layout. The E195s will allow the airline to increase frequencies on
some routes and to develop its network from its base at
Minsk International Airport.
"We identified the E195 as the ideal aircraft to satisfy the
expected growth in demand on some of our routes," said Anatoly Gusarov, Director General of
Belavia. It was a natural choice because of the technical
commonality with the E175 and for their superior cabin
comfort."
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 Belavia
Created in 1996, Belavia is the 100% state-owned flag-carrier of
Belarus. Belavia codeshares with
AZAL, airBaltic, Austrian, CSA, Finnair, KLM, LOT, Rossiya,
Transaero and S7, Air France, Ural Airlines, Severstal, Etihad
Airways. Belavia operates to 44 destinations in Europe, Asia
and he Middle East. Belavia's
fleet consists of 21 aircraft. Belavia carried 1.2 million
passengers in 2012. Further information is available at
www.belavia.by.Follow us @Belavia_by; www.facebook.com/belavia
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