Aircraft
Etihad Picks Embraer’s Phenom for Training
Etihad Airways’s flight college will receive four of the light jets.

Etihad Airways’ flight college has selected the Embraer Phenom 100E to fulfill a requirement for a jet-powered training aircraft. A purchase agreement has been signed for four of the light jets, with three more on option for a combined value of around $30 million. The new aircraft will be delivered from the first quarter of 2016, and will join a fleet of 16 single-engined propeller aircraft at the college at Al Ain, Abu Dhabi.

Richard Hill, Etihad’s COO, commented that, “The Phenom 100E’s airline-grade technology, performance and reliability make it an ideal training platform to prepare cadets for line operations.”

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