Embraer E2 completes 10 years since first flight
Milestone comes as E2 family backlog reaches 286 firm orders, led by the E195-E2
By Ricardo Meier
A decade has passed since Embraer achieved a pivotal moment in its commercial aviation history. On May 23, 2016, the E190-E2 , the first model of the new E-Jet E2 family, lifted off from São José dos Campos, in Brazil, for its maiden flight.
The three-hour-and-twenty-minute inaugural flight marked the beginning of a new chapter for the company. Launched at the Paris Air Show in June 2013 with a US$1.7 billion program, the E2 family was designed as an incremental but highly advanced development of the original E-Jet.
The aircraft features Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofan engines, with improvements in fuel efficiency. The E2 also introduced new redesigned wings, a closed-loop fly-by-wire flight control system, and the Honeywell Primus Epic 2 avionics suite, which reduces pilot transition time to just 2.5 days.
