Aircraft
E-195 certification opens new chapter for Embraer
Brazil’s Embraer passes another critical milestone in its meteoric development this month with EASA certification of the largest of its four-member family

Brazil’s Embraer passes another critical milestone in its meteoric development this month with EASA certification of the largest of its four-member family of E-Jets, the 108- to 118-seat Embraer 195. Although it marks the formal market introduction of the last airliner project on Embraer’s research and development ledger, the approval by no means signals the end of the company’s work in the commercial realm, or even on this series. In a sense, it represents a beginning, as Embraer can now turn its full attention to building production efficiency and, more importantly to its customers, adding facility and reliability to the airplanes themselves.