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Embraer Signs Contract With Brazil’s TRIP LINHAS AÉREAS

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

June 19, 2008

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Brazilian regional airline expands its fleet with the EMBRAER 175 jet
São José dos Campos, June 19, 2008 –

Embraer signed TRIP Linhas Aéreas for the sale of five EMBRAER 175 jets. The deal
also includes options for ten more, plus purchase rights for another 15. The total
value of the firm orders, at list price, is US$ 167.5 million, and could go over
US$ 1 billion, if all of the options and purchase rights are confirmed for the
EMBRAER 175.

“We are proud to have TRIP Linhas Aéreas as the newest operator of our E-Jets family in
Brazil,” said Frederico Fleury Curado, Embraer President and CEO. “TRIP is one of the
largest regional airlines in South America, and we are certain that the EMBRAER 175 will
contribute to both enhance its growth process and consolidate Brazil’s regional air
transportation network.”
TRIP’s EMBRAER 175 jets will be configured in a single class, offering exceptional comfort
to 86 passengers. The delivery of the first airplane is expected for 2009.
“The EMBRAER 175 was chosen by TRIP after a thorough technical-economic evaluation,”
said José Mário Caprioli, founder and President of TRIP Linhas Aéreas. “The model
presented advantages in the three basic aspects of our analysis: best relationship between
operating cost and passenger comfort, performance on short runways, and seating capacity.
This last factor was decisive for us, since we are a regional airline and, for that reason, we
need a fleet of aircraft with less seats, in order to serve our markets and maintain our
operations. We are proud of the fact that the jet is made in Brazil and that we can collaborate
in integrating the Brazilian commercial aviation system.”
The EMBRAER 175 is the second of the four members of the E-Jets family and entered
service in July 2005. On March 31, 2008, the EMBRAER 170/190 E-Jets had logged 835 firm
orders and 840 options from more than 45 customers in 28 countries, and had surpassed 1.4
million flight hours.

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