Belavia Belarusian Airlines (Minsk, Belarus) as previously reported, signed a firm contract for two Embraer ERJ 195s. According to Airline Route, the carrier will introduce the new type on May 6 between Minsk and Moscow (Domodedovo) and Minsk-Prague.
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Belavia Belarusian Airlines (Minsk, Belarus) has signed a firm contract for two Embraer ERJ 195s with Embraer Commercial Aviation. The transaction was announced today at a press briefing in Salzburg at the annual general meeting of the European Regions Airline Association. The firm order will be included in Embraerโs 2013 third quarter backlog.
The aircraft will join two Embraer ERJ 175s already operating at the airline. The acquisition is part of the carrierโs fleet renewal initiative to replace older aircraft. The first E195 will be delivered in the first semester of 2014.
Belavia selected the E195 to replace its older narrow-bodied jets. The aircraft are configured with 107 seats in a two-class layout. The E195s will allow the airline to increase frequencies on some routes and to develop its network from its base at Minsk International Airport.
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Aurigny Air Services (Guernsey) has signed a firm contract with Embraer Commercial Aviation for one ERJ 195 jet. The transaction was announced today at a press briefing in Salzburg at the annual general meeting of the European Regions Airline Association.ย The firm order will be included in Embraer’s 2013 third quarter backlog. Delivery is scheduled in the first semester of 2014.
The E195 is the first jet aircraft to be added to the Aurigny Air Services fleet. The airline currently flies turboprops on six daily frequencies on its principal route between the London Gatwick Airport and Guernsey. With 122 slim seats in single-class layout, the E195 will enable the carrier to increase the number of daily flights to eight and offer much-needed additional capacity.
“The acquisition of the E195 is a major step forward for our company,” said Mark Darby, CEO of Aurigny Air Services. “The London Gatwick route is very important for us. We’ve been mandated by the State of Guernsey to increase capacity and upgrade the quality of our overall service so we decided to move up to a jet. The E195 was the natural choice.”
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Aurigny Air Services (Aurigny.com) (Guernsey, Channel Islands) has ordered a 122-seat Embraer 195 for the Guernsey-London (Gatwick) route. The airline is planning to take delivery in June 2014. Flybe is planning to drop the route in March 2014.
The airline issued this statement and image (above):
We are really excited to announce that the airlineโs new aircraft to service the Guernsey to Gatwick route following the withdrawal of Flybe, will be an Embraer E195 regional jet.
Following the States of Guernseyโs decision to act as guarantors for the purchase of an aircraft and Treasury and Resources approval of the airlineโs business case, the Board of Aurigny has entered into an initial agreement with Embraer, the Brazilian regional aircraft manufacturer, to purchase a new aircraft to be delivered in mid-2014.
“Aurigny is very grateful for the support that it has received from the States for this exciting project, which will be a major step forward for the airline,” says Mark Darby, Aurignyโs interim Chief Executive.
“It will be a significant investment for us but it is essential that we replace Flybeโs capacity utilizing our existing slots on this lifeline route. The 122-seat Embraer E195 will offer our customers a superior travelling experience, as well as being more reliable and performing better when landing in poor weather conditions.
“The Board selected the aircraft after an extensive evaluation process and decided to buy a new aircraft direct from the manufacturer because of the high levels of introduction support the airline will receive in areas such as pilot and engineer training โ which will be essential if we are to achieve a smooth introduction.”
In other news, the state-owned airline is discussing with the Channel Islands local government about a possible name change such as “Guernsey Air” and a possible new livery. The government does not appear to be keen on any change.
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The current Aurigny name is the Norman word for Alderney in the Channel Islands.
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AirEuropa (Palma de Mallorca and Madrid) on March 31, 2014 will launch two new routes from Madrid to both Frankfurt and Munich per Airline Route. The new routes will be operated daily with Embraer 195s.
Copyright Photo: Paul Denton/AirlinersGallery.com. Embraer ERJ 190-200LR (ERJ 195) EC-LKX (msn 19000437) climbs away from Geneva.
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Lufthansa (Frankfurt) has cancelled the regional feeder contract with the Augsburg Airwaysย (Munich) effective on October 26, 2013.
The five Embraer ERJ 190-200s (ERJ 195s) assigned to Augsburg will be transferred to CityLine also on October 26, 2013.
The company was established in 1980 asย Interot Airways. Revenue operations commenced in 1986. Inย 1996 the airline becameย Augsburg Airways. In 2003 Augsburg started operating as anย Lufthansa Regional carrier. It was the last independent feeder operating for LH.
In other news,ย Lufthansa is expanding its long-haul services from its Munich hub and next year, for the first time, will offer a nonstop flight from Munich to Vancouver. From May 16, 2013, the new route to the largest city in British Columbia will be served daily with an Airbus A330. The service will complement Lufthansa’s daily flights from Frankfurt.
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Copyright Photo: Arnd Wolf. Augsburg Airways’ Embraer ERJ 190-200LR (ERJ 195) D-AEMD (msn 19000305) approaches the Munich hub for landing.
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AirEuropa (Palma de Mallorca and Madrid) will add the Madrid-Brussels route on December 3. The new route will be operated twice-daily with Embraer ERJ 195s according to Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems. Embraer ERJ 190-200LR (ERJ 195) EC-KYP (msn 19000281) in the special Ushuaia Ibiza beach club motif visits Amsterdam.
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AirEuropa (Palma de Mallorca) is promoting the Ushuaia beach club on the east coast of Ibiza, Spain with this new logojet. Oddly the beach club is named after the southern most city in Argentina, usually a very cold location in the Patagonia.
Copyright Photo: Pedro Baptista/Flyingphotos. Embraer ERJ 190-200LR (ERJ 195) EC-KYP (msn 19000281) ย departs from Lisbon with the special markings.
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Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Embraer ERJ 190-200 IGW (ERJ 195) PR-AYE (msn 19000260) FLN (AirSpeed), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (Sao Paulo-Viracopos) has ordered five additional Embraer ERJ 190-200 IGWs (ERJ 195s).
This order is already included inย Embraerโs firm order backlog for the secondย quarter of 2010 as ย an โUndisclosed customerโ.The five Embraer 195 jets will beย delivered this year, and by December,ย Azul will have 26 E-Jets in its exclusivelyย Embraer fleet.
After adding in the 36 aircraft ordered inย March 2008 (five Embraer 190s and 31 Embraerย 195s), Azul now has a total of 41ย firm orders for Embraer jets.
Copyright Photo: AirSpeed. A nice portrait of Embraer ERJ 190-200 IGW (ERJ 195) PR-AYE (msn 19000260) at Florianopolis.
Flybe (flybe.com) Embraer ERJ 190-200LR (ERJ 195) G-FBEB (msn 19000057) SZG (Arnd Wolf), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Flybe (flybe.com) (Exeter) in the meantime has moved closer to the Air France-KLM Group. The new code-share agreement (effective at the end of October) with AF will encourage passengers to bypass the Heathrow Airport hub and connect instead at the Paris (CDG) hub.
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Copyright Photo: Arnd Wolf. A nice winter study (in July) of Flybe’s Embraer ERJ 190-200LR (ERJ 195) G-FBEB (msn 19000057) at Salzburg.
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