Aircraft
KLM To Boost Regional Fleet with 21 Embraer E195-E2s
Lessors Aircastle and ICBC Aviation Leasing will supply the E-Jets covered by KLM’s firm order.

KLM has signed a firm order with Embraer for 21 E195-E2s plus 14 purchase rights for the model, slightly tweaking the letter of intent covering a firm order for 15 airplanes with purchase rights for another 20 announced at the Paris Air Show in June. John Slattery, Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO, described KLM’s decision to add a further six aircraft to the firm contract as “a significant vote of confidence in our E2 program.” At the end of September, the Brazilian airframer held firm orders for 124 E195s and 44 E190-E2s, and none for the smallest of the three members of the E2 family, according to company’ s third-quarter results released on Tuesday. Embraer delivered its first E195-E2 to Brazilian low-cost operator Azul, the type’s global launch operator, and to lessor AerCap on September 12.


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