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certification Max Kingsley-Jones / São JosÇ dos Campos
Embraer begins 170 deliveries to launch operators after approval.
Max KJ
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24 February 2004
Flight International
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English
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Embraer is beginning deliveries of the 170 regional jet to launch operators
US Airways and LOT Polish Airlines, after finally receiving certification for
the 70-seater.
The manufacturer had originally intended to deliver the first 170 in December
2002, to then-launch operator Crossair/Swiss International Air Lines. Since
then the schedule has slipped by more than a year - primarily due to avionics
and flight-control software issues - and the Swiss carrier has restructured
and postponed its order.
US Airways became launch operator when it placed its orders for 85 170s last
year, and its regional arm MidAtlantic Airways had been due to receive its
first aircraft in November until a late postponement in certification.
As a result, there are several completed 170s awaiting delivery at its plant
in São JosÇ dos Campos, and Embraer hopes to hand over 11 aircraft before the
end of February. Deliveries to Alitalia Express will start in March, and "60
170s should be handed over this year", says Embraer senior vice-president
engineering and new product development Luis Carlos Affonso.
Affonso says that six pre-series and one production aircraft were involved in
the test programme: "We have accumulated around 3,000h of flying, of which
around 2,200-2,500 were for flight testing and certification, against an
original target of 1,800-2,000h."
The test programme included 200 flying hours of function of reliability
trials required for certification, as well as an additional 100h
of "maturity" tests to ensure that the aircraft is ready for revenue
services, says Affonso. He adds: "There are Embraer on-site support teams at
each airline consisting of pilots as well as development engineers able to
deal with fly-by-wire, flight management system and avionics problems."
Affonso says a team has been set up at São JosÇ dos Campos comprising
engineers from the 170 development programme that will provide dedicated
support for the in-service fleet.
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