The newly established European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded a type certificate for the Embraer 170, paving the way for Embraer to start deliveries of the 70-78-passenger regional jet to customers based in the European Union.
It is the first type certificate for a new transport aircraft issued by EASA.
For Embraer it caps a certification campaign that ended in the virtual simultaneous awarding of certification by the Brazilian, US and European authorities.
Embraer says the issuing of type certificates by three authorities within the space of a week is a "major achievement" in the industry.
Source: Flight Daily News
