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Embraer Delivers EMBRAER 195 Jet to Azul Linhas Aéreas

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

December 11, 2008

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Company will be the first Brazilian airline to commercially operate the E-Jets
São José dos Campos, December 11, 2008 – Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 195
jet, this Thursday, to Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, which will be the first Brazilian
airline to operate the E-Jets. The contract is for 36 firm orders: 31 EMBRAER 195s and five
EMBRAER 190s. The deal was announced in March of this year, and also includes options
for another 20 aircraft and purchase rights foranother 20.

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(L-R): David Neeleman, Chairman of Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, and Frederico Fleury Curado, Embraer President & CEO, during the delivery ceremony of the first EMBRAER 195 jet to Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, held in São José dos Campos, this Thursday, December 11.
“It is with great pleasure that we make our first delivery to Azul Linhas Aéreas,” said
Frederico Fleury Curado, Embraer President & CEO. “I am certain that seeing our
EMBRAER 195 in the colors of Azul is a source of special pride for all of Embraer’s
employees, as we add our first Brazilian E-Jet operator to the 51 customers we have in 35
countries, on five continents.”
Azul begins operations out of Viracopos Airport, in the city of Campinas, in outstate São Paulo,
to Porto Alegre and Salvador. The airline company received its Authorization Certificate as an
Air Transportation Company (Certificado de Homologação de Empresa de Transporte Aéreo –
CHETA) from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil –
ANAC) and has already announced the first routes it intends to operate in Brazil.
“Azul is very proud to offer Brazilian passengers the best airplane in the world in its
category. And best of all: this exceptional aircraft was designed and built in Brazil and, now,
it will be operated by a Brazilian company. I know this is the best jet for the domestic market.
The EMBRAER 195 will bring unbeatable safety records to our customers and crew members,
besides an exceptional level of comfort,” said David Neeleman, President of Azul Linhas
Aéreas Brasileiras. “The EMBRAER 190 and 195 in our fleet will also operate at extreme
savings. And what’s more, our E-Jets will be the ‘greenest’ jets in operation in Brazil, with
very low noise and emissions rates. We, at Azul, are all very happy about the delivery of our
first EMBRAER 195. With jets like this one, we will write a new page in the history of
Brazilian commercial aviation.”
Azul’s EMBRAER 195 is configured in a single class and will comfortable accommodate
118 passengers. A state-of-the-art entertainment system, with Live TV and individual

screens, will be available and each passenger may select the programming of their choice.
With a range of 2,200 nautical miles (4,077 km), the jet will be able to fly nonstop between
any two Brazilian capital cities.
The EMBRAER 195 is the biggest and newest of the four members of the E-Jets family, and
began commercial operation in September 2006. On September 30, 2008, the EMBRAER
170/190 family of E-Jets had logged 865 firm orders and 813 options, which are significant
marks for a commercial aviation program in such a short time. The family of E-Jets, with
nearly 500 units of the aircraft already delivered, has surpassed 2,2 million flight hours and
carried over 100 million passengers.
About Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A.
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A., founded by David Neeleman, is the newest airline company
in Brazil. Created in 2008, the company has a standing order for 76 jets from the EMBRAER
170/190 family, with 36 firm orders, plus 20 options and 20 purchase rights. In five years, Azul
intends to be flying to Brazil’s main cities, uniting markets with multiple, nonstop daily flights.
The strategy will make it possible, for example, for executives from centers outside of the Rio –
São Paulo axis, to leave and return to their cities of origin on the same day. The company will
offer quality transportation, regularity and frequencies to executives, as well as competitive prices
and flexible payment to those traveling on tourism or for personal reasons. The goal is to carry a
larger number of Brazilians, without distinguishing the class or the reason for traveling, both from
the demographic and geographic standpoint.
About the EMBRAER 170/190 family of E-Jets
The EMBRAER 170/190 family of E-Jets consists of four commercial jets with 70 to 122
seats, featuring an advanced engineering design that offers outstanding performance, great
operating savings, and a spacious cabin for passengers.
The E-Jets can fly at a maximum cruising speed of Mach 0.82 and at an altitude of up to
41,000 feet (12,500 meters), and have a range of 2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km). The high
degree of commonality among the four aircraft results in exceptional cost reductions, in terms
of crew training, maintenance, and spare parts. Another key feature of the E-Jets is the fly-bywire
technology used in the flight control systems, similar to that deployed on larger
commercial jets and advanced military aircraft.

The EMBRAER 170/190 family provides superior comfort with its double-bubble fuselage
design that includes two main passenger entrances and two service doors that minimize
aircraft turn-around time. The E-Jets offer much more space for passengers than other
aircraft with equivalent seating capacities.

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