Air Astana received the third Embraer 190-E2

Created on 06.06.2019 15:10

Air Astana, the national airline of Kazakhstan, received a new Embraer 190-E2. This is the third of five airliners leased from the Aercap company. Aircrafts of this type replace the previous version of the Embraer 190aircrafts.

Embraer 190-E2 with registration number P4-KHC arrived in a two-class layout - 96 places in economy class and 12 places in business class. It first commercial flight on the Alma-Ata-Nur-Sultan-Alma-Ata route is scheduled for June 1, 2019.

Air Astana operates its Embraer 190-E2 on domestic flights across Kazakhstan, as well as on international routes to Russia, Central Asia and China. Interest in aircrafts of the Embraer E2family, Peter Foster, the chief of Air Astana, explained their economic efficiency. In addition, the top manager has not exclude the possibility of increasing orders for E2.

It is known, during 2019, two E190-E2 aircrafts are expected to be delivered. Besides, during 2019–2020 the airline plans to receive 13 aircrafts of the Airbus A320neo family.

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