{"id":167536,"date":"2024-08-13T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=167536"},"modified":"2024-08-13T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:51:00","slug":"virgin-australia-orders-eight-embraer-e190-e2s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/08\/virgin-australia-orders-eight-embraer-e190-e2s.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Australia orders eight Embraer E190-E2s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Virgin Australia<\/strong> has placed a firm order with Embraer for eight E190-E2 small narrowbody aircraft, as part of its fleet renewal plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order will see the E190-E2 complement the airline\u2019s larger narrowbodies and replace its long-serving Fokker fleet. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the second half of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/06\/qatar-airways-looking-to-buy-up-to-20-stake-in-virgin-australia.html\">Qatar Airways looking to buy up to 20% stake in Virgin Australia<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virgin Australia\u2019s E190-E2 fleet will be based in Perth and operated by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA). The aircraft has a flying range of around six hours and is powered by Pratt &amp; Whitney\u2019s PW1900G engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the new E190-E2 enters service from October 2025, it will become the first new aircraft in the WA charter market this century,\u201d said Jayne Hrdlicka, Virgin Australia Group CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the first Bandeirante took to Australia\u2019s skies in 1978, Embraer\u2019s has firmly established its presence there with close to 50 aircraft currently operating in the country, making it one of the largest E-Jets fleets in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-815d8787     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"198\" 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