Issue 252: E-Jets Arrive
Embraer breaks into the Australian market
Embraer’s E-Jet line has arrived in Australia in a big way, with no fewer than three operators launching services with the class-leading E-170 last year.
Brisbane based charter and RPT start-up SkyAirWorld (SAW) was first off the mark with its introduction of a former Hong Kong Express E-170 last May. The 76-seat aircraft initially operated on a short-lived wetlease to Solomon Airlines on the Brisbane-Honiara run before its employment was widened to ad hoc fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) and other charter missions, and eventually onto its own RPT services to and from the Solomons. SAW followed the E-170 up with the introduction of its first of up to four 100-seat E-190s earlier this year, one of which has been employed on a wetlease to Air Niugini as well as other charter work, and also added two ERJ-145s which will be employed mainly in Queensland servicing Brisbane-Cloncurry-Cairns and on some ad hoc work.
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