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most innovative financial programme E190-E2, is beginning to be assembled these are the only large segments that
which will help our customers,” he added. at the company’s factory in São José dos will not be manufactured by Embraer.
Further, Superjet is also formulating Campos, a senior company official says. In Brazil, at the Botucatu plant,
other financing models with leasing Embraer has already received the first Embraer has already produced a series
companies, which are very attractive and sub-assemblies from suppliers in several of components for the wings, central
competitive. countries and the assembly of the first fuselage one and two, besides the finish
“These programmes will help us in prototype is moving forward as planned. of the forward fuselage; this segment is
overcoming the difficulties in penetrating “It is exciting to see the E2 taking shape in the final assembly stage in São José
the markets, and in creating conditions with the large amount of sub-sets arriving dos Campos. All of these structures will
conducive to attract the lessors,” to our São José dos Campos facility, where be highly automated in the manufacturing
Cauceglia said. the final assembly will soon begin,” says stages.
The finance package initiated by Luís Carlos Affonso, Senior Vice President Eleb, an Embraer wholly owned
Superjet recently won the Export Credit & COO, Embraer Commercial Aviation. subsidiary, with 35 years of experience
Deal of the Year Award from Air Finance At the show, Embraer announced new in designing and manufacturing landing
Journal. orders from four customers for 50 aircraft gear, was chosen to supply the landing
Cauceglia also said UAC and Alenia’s of its E-Jet and E-Jet E2 families, as well gear of the second-generation E-Jets, and
parent company, Finmeccanica, are as options and other commitments from it is working to conclude the first sets.
holding talks to discuss a possible two of the customers for 35 additional Testing is also moving ahead at an
restructuring of the Superjet International E-Jets. accelerated pace. At the Eugênio de Melo
joint venture. Embraer also indicated on June 15 plant, the different static test rigs are
UAC continues to enjoy strong that it expected existing options on 18 working and allowing Embraer to develop
support from the Russian government more E-Jets to be converted to firm orders such systems as fly-by-wire, with laws
for a program whose slow sales last year soon. and codes that are being developed by
contributed to another year of financial Leading Embraer’s first-day order the company, itself, and the integrated
losses–around US$72.5 million on bonanza was leasing company Aircastle functions with other aircraft structures.
revenues of US$567.8 million. Limited subsidiary Aircastle Holding The E-Jets E2 program reinforces
“Certainly, penetrating competitive Corporation, which announced a firm Embraer’s commitment to continuously
markets needs some restructuring. order for 25 E-Jet E2s (15 E190-E2s and invest in the company’s line of commercial
Thoughts are on and one of the areas 10 E915-E2s) and purchase rights on 25 jets and to maintain leadership in the 70
being discussed is the unification of the more. China’s Colorful Guizhou Airlines to 130-seat aircraft segment. Embraer’s
commercial structure. The process has has ordered seven E190s firm plus 10 E-Jets E2s have state-of-the-art Pratt &
started and we are much closer towards options; SkyWest has ordered eight E172s Whitney PurePowerTM Geared Turbofan
an integration,” he added. that will operate with Alaska Airlines, high by-pass ratio engines (PW1700G on
Though he conceded that the market adding to the seven ordered in November the E175-E2, PW1900G on the E190-E2
is currently stagnating, Cauceglia said, 2014; and United Express has ordered 10 and E195-E2).
“there are clear signs of recovery and I E175 aircraft. Combined with new aerodynamically
expect dynamic movement soon.” The first delivery of an E-Jets E2 (the advanced wings, full fly-by-wire flight
He was also confident that the SSJ100 E190-E2) is planned for the first semester controls, and improvements to other
will be able to compete in a market, that of 2018. The E195-E2 is scheduled to enter systems, the E2s will deliver significant
is saturated with similar aircraft from service in 2019 and the E175-E2 in 2020. reductions in fuel burn, maintenance
various airframes. At Embraer’s plant in the city of Évora, costs, emissions, and external noise.
“We have a good product, comparable Portugal, the first sub-assemblies for
to the A320, and we believe with the kind the wings and central fuselage are ready.
of offers we have we can catch at least In Spain, Aernnova AEROSPACE S.A. is
15%-20% of the market which will have finishing the assembly of the vertical
a demand for 4000 aircraft in the 90- empennage – the company will also
120 seats category in the next 20 years,” supply the horizontal empennage. In the
Cauceglia said. Czech Republic, Latecoere finished the
baggage doors and they have already been
Embraer Begins Assembling sent to Brazil to be installed in the aircraft.
First E190-E2 In the United States, Triumph
Two years after the launch of the Aerostructures, which is also responsible
program, at the Air Show in Le Bourget, for the rudder and elevator, is assembling
Paris, the first of the E-Jets E2 family, an section tree and the aft of the fuselage;
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