Guadaloupe Airline Becomes the Newest E-Jets Operator

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Embraer signed a contract with Air Caraibes to sell one EMBRAER 190 jet. The delivery is scheduled for late 2007 and the deal also includes an option for purchasing another

The Caribbean airline already operates two ERJ 145 jets and received its first E-Jet -- an EMBRAER 175 -- under operating lease earlier this month.

"The decision by Air Caraibes to increase its fleet with E-Jets is a testimony of its loyalty to Embraer," said Luiz Fernando Fuchs, Embraer Senior Vice-President for the Europe, Africa and Middle East Airline Market. "The efficient new technology, superior comfort and significant economy of the Embraer E-jets had a decisive influence on the customer's choice."

The EMBRAER 190 will be configured in a single-class layout, for 100 passengers. Along with the EMBRAER 175, it will complement Air Caraibes' flight offerings throughout the French Antilles, Caribbean and South America.

"Considering the good operational results achieved by our ERJ 145 jets, we naturally considered Embraer when it became clear to us that we had to increase our intra-Caribbean fleet," said Jean-Paul Dubreuil, Chairman of Air Caraibes. "The EMBRAER 190 will increase the flexibility of our operations to and from Pointe-a-Pitre, in Guadeloupe, and Fort de France, in Martinique."

About Air Caraibes

Air Caribes is based in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, and operates nearly 100 daily flights in the Caribbean; from Belem, Brazil, in the south, to Havana, Cuba, in the north. The airline also has three daily flights to Paris, from Martinique and Guadeloupe, and should carry 900,000 passengers in 2006.

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