EMBRAER - novas encomendas
Enviado: Seg Jun 04, 2007 6:57 pm
Proponho criar um tópico específico onde podemos postar notícias sobre novas encomendas e contratos da EMBRAER...
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Ecuador's TAME firms up two Embraer 190 options
- Air Transport Intelligence news,Rainer Uphoff,1/Jun/2007,Friday,17h49
Ecuadorian airline TAME has converted two options for Embraer 190
aircraft into firm orders, with deliveries scheduled for December of this
year. Speaking to ATI at TAME’s Quito headquarters, recently appointed
president Fernando Martinez de la Vega said the carrier is largely
unifying its fleet around the Brazilian regional jet family; it operates
Embraer 170/190 aircraft. “The two E-190s will replace the last two
remaining Fokker F28 aircraft which means that in 2008 we will have a
completely renewed Embraer/Airbus fleet, with the sole exception of a
single Boeing 727-200 which we will maintain as a backup aircraft, not
scheduled for normal operations,” says Martinez de la Vega. TAME holds
two more E-190 options which can be converted into firm orders in 2009.
The carrier’s two Airbus A320 aircraft operate service to the Galapagos
Islands and medium haul charters to the Caribbean. “However, the lessor
[GATX] has announced a stiff increase in lease rates for the aircraft as
the current lease contract expires in August 2008, so we are negotiating
for better rates or alternative aircraft, ideally two older A320s,” says
Martinez de la Vega. He also reveals a regional franchise agreement with
Embraer 120 operator SAEREO, which will operate under the TAME Express
brand. “Both SAEREO Embraer 120 turboprops are being painted in a new
TAME Express livery and will be operating in exclusive for TAME to
secondary destinations like Macas, Loja or Machala,” says the TAME
president. TAME also expects to enter new international markets. “We do
not want a crazy international expansion, but we are planning a new route
to Manaos [Brazilian Amazonas region] where we will connect with a
Brazilian domestic carrier to destinations like Sao Paulo,” he says,
adding that “a joint operation with [domestic competitor] Aerogal to
Miami is also under consideration”.
Vector
Começo com um primeiro post.
Ecuador's TAME firms up two Embraer 190 options
- Air Transport Intelligence news,Rainer Uphoff,1/Jun/2007,Friday,17h49
Ecuadorian airline TAME has converted two options for Embraer 190
aircraft into firm orders, with deliveries scheduled for December of this
year. Speaking to ATI at TAME’s Quito headquarters, recently appointed
president Fernando Martinez de la Vega said the carrier is largely
unifying its fleet around the Brazilian regional jet family; it operates
Embraer 170/190 aircraft. “The two E-190s will replace the last two
remaining Fokker F28 aircraft which means that in 2008 we will have a
completely renewed Embraer/Airbus fleet, with the sole exception of a
single Boeing 727-200 which we will maintain as a backup aircraft, not
scheduled for normal operations,” says Martinez de la Vega. TAME holds
two more E-190 options which can be converted into firm orders in 2009.
The carrier’s two Airbus A320 aircraft operate service to the Galapagos
Islands and medium haul charters to the Caribbean. “However, the lessor
[GATX] has announced a stiff increase in lease rates for the aircraft as
the current lease contract expires in August 2008, so we are negotiating
for better rates or alternative aircraft, ideally two older A320s,” says
Martinez de la Vega. He also reveals a regional franchise agreement with
Embraer 120 operator SAEREO, which will operate under the TAME Express
brand. “Both SAEREO Embraer 120 turboprops are being painted in a new
TAME Express livery and will be operating in exclusive for TAME to
secondary destinations like Macas, Loja or Machala,” says the TAME
president. TAME also expects to enter new international markets. “We do
not want a crazy international expansion, but we are planning a new route
to Manaos [Brazilian Amazonas region] where we will connect with a
Brazilian domestic carrier to destinations like Sao Paulo,” he says,
adding that “a joint operation with [domestic competitor] Aerogal to
Miami is also under consideration”.
Vector