British Airways regional subsidiary BA CityFlyer expects to take delivery of its first Embraer E170 some time around September 10 and initially use the 70-seat regional jet for basic flight-crew familiarization and circuit training, according to flight-operations general manager Carl Phelan. Based at London City Airport (LCY), the airline plans to begin flying its first E170 in scheduled service to Edinburgh on September 28. The carrier has ordered six 76-seat E170s and five larger 98-passenger E190SRs, scheduled for delivery at roughly monthly intervals. CityFlyer has also taken options on a further three E190SRs.
BA CityFlyer has hired international flight-training group Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) to train its more than 100
Avro RJ85/RJ100 pilots over the next five years to fly the E170/ E190SR. It chose OAA from several European training facilities approved to offer flight-crew training covered by its Embraer purchase contract.
