Aircraft
C-390 Millennium Racks Up 10,000 Hours
Seven C-390 aircraft have entered operation
Embraer C-390 Millennium
Embraer is reporting strong interest for the C-390 Millennium in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. (David McIntosh)

Embraer’s C/KC-390 Millennium multi-role airlifter/tanker fleet passed 10,000 flight hours last month. It achieved the milestone in about 7,800 cycles by the current operational fleet, which consists of six Brazilian air force aircraft and a single example delivered to Portugal earlier in 2023.

Having entered service with Brazil in September 2019, the C-390 gained full operational clearance in March this year. It has achieved a mission completion rate of 99.7 percent to date. In the tanker role, the KC-390 is cleared to refuel Brazil’s Northrop F-5M and AMX A-1M aircraft, and work to clear the Saab Gripen as a receiver continues.

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