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service in 2018, while the E195-E2 is expected seating configuration and number of seats as are expected to have a list price of U.S.$ 90
to enter airline service a year later. Embraer the existing E190, with a single-class layout million, when it enters service. Two variants
has received a total of 640 orders for the of 106 seats and dual-class seating for 97. of the MS-21 will be available; MS-21-200,
E-Jets E2, since the programme got underway Deliveries of the E190 have been underway which can carry 132 to 165 passengers and
in mid-2013 and comprise of 267 firm orders since 2005 and Embraer has delivered 523 the MS-21-300, which can seat between 163
and 373 options and purchase rights. aircraft to 44 airline customers (31 Dec, 2015). to 211 passengers. Two powerplants will be
Embraer chose to maintain a substantial made available for the MS-21, these being
amount of commonality with the current- Irkut MS-21 Pratt & Whitney’s PW1400G-JM engine
generation of its popular E-Jets Family, Russia continues to press ahead with the series; the 28,000 Ibs thrust PW1428G will
however the main changes on the E-Jets E2s, development of its new MS-21. The roll-out power the MS-21-200, while the 31,000 Ibs
relate to the new aerodynamically advanced of the first MS-21-300, took place at the thrust PW1431G will be the powerplant for
high-aspect ratio wings, improved systems Irkutsk factory in Russia amidst much pomp the MS-21-300. Russian operators however,
and avionics, 4th generation full fly-by- and ceremony. Flight testing is scheduled to are more likely to choose the Aviadvigatel
wire flight controls, and Pratt & Whitney’s start towards the end of this year, however, PD-14 engine for the MS-21.
PurePowerTM Geared Turbofan high by- it is likely that the maiden flight of the
pass ratio engines (PW1700G on the E175-E2, aircraft will be delayed. Plans also call for
PW1900G on the E190-E2 and E195-E2). Thus the completion of certification related
the E-Jets E2s represent a careful mix of tasks by the end of 2017 and plans call for
advanced technologies on a proven platform. the manufacture of 20 MC-21s every year
Embraer promised to deliver double- from 2020, increasing to 70 aircraft a year
digit improvements in fuel consumption by 2023. orders for the MS-21 however, have
and maintenance costs as also reduced been hard to come by since the launch of the The month of June, saw the roll-out
maintenance down-time for the E-Jets E2s. programme and out of the firm orders for 175 of the Irkut MS-21-300. The type’s
According to the airframer, while costs per aircraft that have been publically announced, maiden flight is planned for the end
seat for the E-Jets E2s will be similar to their 50 have been ordered by Aeroflot, which is of the year and certification tasks
larger re-engined narrow-body competitors, expected to take delivery of the first aircraft are scheduled to be completed in
2017. Irkut has secured 175 orders
the costs per trip will be substantially lower. in 2018. Development of the MS-21 has cost till date out of which 50 are for
Embraer has chosen to retain the same an estimated U.S.$ 3.5 billion and the aircraft Aeroflot
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