Embraer has started building the first parts for the E195-E2 regjional jet, the second version of the re-winged and re-engined aircraft to enter manufacturing.
The “first metal cut” milestone for the E195-E2 comes 15 months after the same event for the smaller E190-E2. Embraer also is developing an even smaller E175-E2 variant.
“With this event we begin to manufacture the first E195-E2 that will fly in 2017, with first deliveries taking place during the first half of 2019,” says Embraer Commercial Aviation president and chief executive Paulo Cesar Silva.
The E195-E2 can seat up to 132 passengers in a one-class layout thanks to a fuselage stretch that adds three rows of seats at four-abreast.
Embraer is entering a period of intense manufacturing and testing of the EJet-E2 family.
The first E190-E2 is scheduled to roll-out in February in Sao Jose dos Campos, following by a first flight in the second half of this year. The 90-seat version of the aircraft is scheduled to enter service in 2018.
All three variants are powered by new versions of the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
