[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/aviation-civile-17/topic/embraer-num%C3%A9ro-3-mondial-423/?post=19497#post-19497]pilou[/url] a dit le 19/01/2008 à 22:25 :[/b] [quote]LOT Polish Airlines to Add 12 More Embraer 175 Jets (Source: Embraer; issued Jan. 17, 2008) SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil --- Embraer has signed a firm order with LOT Polish Airlines for an additional 12 EMBRAER 175 (E175) jets, plus two options and ten purchase rights. The total value of the agreement is US$ 372 million, based on January 2007 economic conditions, and could come to US$ 744 million, if all options and purchase rights are confirmed. This deal is already included in Embraer’s fourth quarter firm order backlog as “undisclosed”. “We are very proud to broaden our relationship with LOT Polish Airlines. This additional order is an important endorsement of the E-Jets family concept, since LOT started the operation of the E170, back in 2004, as one of the E-Jets launch customers,” said Mauro Kern, Embraer Executive Vice President, Airline Market. “LOT is a long-standing Embraer client, starting out in 1999 with ERJ 145 regional jets. With this order, it will become Europe’s largest E-Jets operator.” LOT Polish Airlines was the first operator of the E-Jets family in Europe, flying out of its Warsaw hub with the E170, in March 2004. The new E175 jets will complement the airline’s existing Embraer fleet of ten E170s and six E175s, expanding its European route network to compete in most cases against conventional narrow-bodies. The carrier has chosen a comfortable 82-Elite seat cabin layout, and may also opt for another model of the E-Jets family. “Our current fleet of E-Jets is performing smoothly and the additional E175s are the right aircraft to achieve our strategy of network development,” said CEO Piotr Siennicki, of LOT Polish Airlines. “It also offers excellent synergy with our current narrow-body jets, enabling us to right-size aircraft to a route based on demand variations due to seasonal or specific time-of-day influences, thus improving our results.” The EMBRAER 170/190 family of E-Jets consists of four commercial jets with 70 to 122 seats, featuring advanced engineering design, efficient performance, outstanding operating economics, low emissions level and a spacious cabin. The E-Jets can fly at a maximum cruising speed of Mach 0.82 and 41,000 feet altitude (12,497 meters), with ranges of up to 2,400 nautical miles (4,448 km). The high degree of commonality among the four aircraft results in exceptional crew training, spare parts and maintenance cost reduction for carriers. Another E-Jets key feature is the fly-by-wire technology used in the flight control systems, similar to that deployed on larger commercial jets and advanced military aircraft. The EMBRAER 170/190 family provides superior comfort with its double-bubble fuselage design that includes two main passenger entrances and two service doors that minimize aircraft turn-around time. The E-Jets offer much more space for passengers, in a single or dual-class layout, than other aircraft with similar seating capacities. LOT Polish Airlines is the largest air carrier in Poland, and has been present on the market for 80 years. The company has come a long way since it began to operate its first Junkers aircraft with just a few seats and transported some one hundred passengers annually, to the present, with the youngest and most technologically advanced fleet, carrying around four million passengers per year with over 50 aircraft. Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.) is the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial jets up to 120 seats, and one of Brazil's leading exporters. Embraer's headquarters are located in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, and it has offices, industrial operations and customer service facilities in Brazil, the United States, France, Portugal, China and Singapore. Founded in 1969, the Company designs, develops, manufactures and sells aircraft for the Commercial Aviation, Executive Aviation, and Defense and Government segments. The Company also provides after sales support and services to customers worldwide. On December 31, 2007, Embraer had a workforce of 23,734 employees and a firm order backlog of US$ 18.8 billion. [/quote][/quote]