Harbin Embraer is to roll out its first Chinese-assembled ERJ-145 this week and may name Sichuan Airlines as launch customer. A roll-out ceremony is planned for 16 December. The first aircraft is being prepared for a brief flight-test programme, and Embraer expects Brazil's CTA and the Civil Aviation Administration of China to certificate the aircraft by the end of the month. Sichuan is understood to have tentatively agreed to take the first aircraft, and is considering follow-on orders.
Source: Flight International
