Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer on Friday announced it has signed a firm order with Air Moldova for one Embraer 190 jet, to be delivered in March 2010. The contract includes an option on another plane of the same model, Embraer said in a statement. The value of the deal was not disclosed.
At present, renowned companies such as Air France, Lufthansa group and SpanishIberia Airlines own Embraer 190 jets, specified the representative of Air Moldova. The same source specified that Embraer 190 jet is one of the most economic and optimal aircrafts for operation, and it will be configured in a single-class cabin with 114 seats.
Air Moldova, which links the Moldovan capital, Chişinău, to cities in Europe and the Middle East, intends to use the new plane to open new markets.
The Embraer 190 is one of the four members of the E-Jets family. On December 31, the Embraer 170/190 E-Jets had logged 764 firm orders and 786 options.
Embraer is the world's fourth-largest commercial plane maker. It finished 2007 with a firm order backlog of US$18.8 billion.
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