Aircraft
Embraer Rolls Out E190-E2
First flight scheduled for second half of 2016
The first Embraer E190-E2 rolls out from the company's assembly hall in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. (Photo: Embraer)
The first Embraer E190-E2 rolls out from the company's assembly hall in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. (Photo: Embraer)

Embraer held a rollout ceremony on Thursday morning for the new E190-E2 narrowbody in front of thousands of employees, guests and dignitaries at its assembly plant in São José dos Campos, Brazil. Scheduled for first flight in the second half of the year, the Pratt & Whitney PW1900G-powered E2 emerged from the factory following low-level fly-bys of landmark Embraer products, including its first regional airliner, the prop-driven EMB120 Brasília, and a duo of its newest business jets, the Phenom 300 and Legacy 500. The Brazilian air force’s aerobatic Esquadrilha de Fumaça accompanied Embraer’s KC-390 military transport in a nod to Embraer’s defense activities.