Three to five Embraer E-Jet EV family sets up engine battle With its E-Jet sales surging and regional competitor Bombardier focused on the clean-sheet 125 to 149-seat CS100 and CS300, Embraer is
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Flightglobal reports out of the Dubai Air Show elaborate on the Brazilian airframer is plans to focus on a re-engined version of the E-175, E-190 and E-195, with a potential fourth member of the EV family with a further stretch of the E-195 to 130 seats. The fifth, a re-engined
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], the smallest member of the E-Jet family, is less likely, says Cesar de Souza e Silva, president of Embraer Commercial Aviation, unless
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"If that does not happen, then we may not go ahead with the 170," he says.
The move toward a re-engined E-Jet sets up a major engine competition between General Electric and its
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] replacement engine, Passport, and Pratt & Whitney's PW1000G. Only those two engines were mentioned by Embraer, while the 16,000-25,000lb
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The aiframer is currently studying a new wing for the family, as well as an updated flight deck,
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and implementation of composite materials.
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[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] the EV "could be similar to when Boeing produced the 737NG with almost an all-new aircraft inside the same skin."
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