Air Canada May Take Delivery, Operate First EMBRAER Jetliners

Brazil´s EMBRAER announced it was awarded type certification for the EMBRAER 170 and the EMBRAER 175 models from Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), Canada´s certification authority. Certification was on schedule and allows deliveries of the EMBRAER 175 to begin to Air Canada, which ordered 15 of these airplanes.

The EMBRAER 175s for Air Canada will be especially configured to offer premium comfort and service in two classes. Air Canada´s EMBRAER 175s will carry 73 passengers, nine in Executive class (three abreast at 38-inch pitch) and 64 in Hospitality (four abreast at 32- and 34-inch pitch).

As of June 30, EMBRAER had delivered 66 EMBRAER 170s and the EMBRAER 170/190 family had logged 412 firm orders and 373 options.

The 98-106 seat EMBRAER 190 and the 108-118 seat EMBRAER 195 are, respectively, expected to be certified in the third quarter of 2005 and in the second quarter of 2006.