EMBRAER HAS signed a co-operation agreement with Polish manufacturer PZL-Warssawa-Okecie. Details are still being worked out, but the memorandum of understanding covers marketing of PZL general-aviation aircraft in Brazil and the sale of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia regional airliners to Poland.
Under the agreement, Embraer's light-aircraft subsidiary Neiva will market the PZL-106 Kruk agricultural, the PZL-104 Wilga utility and the PZL-111 Koliber training/touring aircraft. Neiva already produces the EMB-201 Ipanema agricultural aircraft, but the PZL-106 is larger and is available with turboprop power, Embraer points out.
In return, PZL-Okecie subsidiary Skypol, which operates freight and charter services using Fairchild Metros, will acquire Brasilias. Embraer says that no certification bilateral exists between Brazil and Poland, and re-certification of the PZL-built aircraft in Brazil may be required.
Source: Flight International
